Hey guys I had my band removed yesterday due to major slip. Insurance didn't cover for sleeve due to low bmi. I've had the band for 3 years and I've lost a total of 170lbs and have stayed the same weight for over a year but I'm now nervous that without my band I'll gain some weight back. I've developed good eating habits and go to the gym or workout at home at least 5 days a week... I plan on doing what I need to do to eat right but it's still a shock to my body and I still have that fear! The last 6 months I've had 2cc in a 10cc band to try to fix a minor slip and have had zero restriction and I've gained 5 lbs. I need some prayers for this fear... It's my worst enemy and depression! Any suggestions... Comments or tips or similar story! I need your help

@@s0utherndivadoll I'm sorry to hear this. I recently went to the Dr. had found that my pouch was dilated and they removed the Fluid from the band. I now have 2.5 cc's in a 10cc band. At good restriction I was at 7.1cc last fill in July. Over the course of those 2 months though I was in a car accident and given meds for whiplash and concussion and then got sick with swollen glands and sinus infection and given antibiotics and all these things upset my stomach so much that it swelled the stoma nearly shut to where Water and saliva was not going down.

Now I am on a liquid diet for 3 weeks before I go back in to see if the dilation has recovered. I too have been practicing good eating habits, nutrition, and exercise. I am still doing that and only on day 2 of the liquid diet and I hope that I can be compliant and do what they tell me and that I won't lose the band...

Did your Dr. offer any suggestions to you about how to maintain without your tool? Where they not able to repair the slip and keep the band?

The only thing I can offer is support and empathy for what your going through. If you need to keep accountable the boards are a good place to start. I keep coming here every day to keep myself accountable. I don't want to screw up and I want to keep losing and not gain back the 70 pounds I have lost so far.

I am so sorry you have had this situation occur. I can only send best wishes and hope you will get a new band soon. I would be freaking out, I have to admit. You've worked so hard to get to your goal. Don't give up, never give up!

Big hug!

I'm so sorry you had to have your band removed.. Never give up on yourself.. You say you have good eating habits and you work out five days a week.. That's a big plus for you. You hang in there.

Sounds like you are doing what you need to do to keep from regaining/what would have kept you from gaining in the first place

Since the sleeve wasn't covered , could you have gotten a new band or another kind of wls just curious.

Hoping you're doing okay.