Hi!! I had my lapband back in 2008 after I had my 1st child and was really struggling to get pregnant again and lose weight..had my lap band and I lost about 50 pounds then got pregnant back to back and now ever since then I've really struggled to find that happy fill place again and start losing weight. I have really bad back problems on top of that and get steroid/cortisone injections every 3-5 months so it makes working out really hard at times due to bad back/leg pain.

I would just love some suggestions on great receipes that anyone likes that fill you up and maybe just a great friend to talk to about the lap band! I don't have but 1 local friend who was banded but she gave up on her band and had it completely unfilled. I just recently had mine refilled and am almost to where I should be I think, but I would love to just have someone to talk with about the band and things that work for them. =-) Thank you!! I'm in Tucson, AZ too.

I was banded almost 2 years ago and the band was very successful for me in the first year but now I am slowly gaining the weight back. Maybe I just need a fill but I don't want to be uncomfortable every time I want to eat something so I haven't gone back to the doctor yet. I feel like a failure and a coward.

If I understand everything, you were banded in 2008, and lost a total of 40lbs???

(according to you avatar-profile)

Speaking for myself and my experience only, the band does not change. I had it adjusted, over a few fills, to a point where it is working.....

For me, I find it next to impossible to fall off the wagon, so to speak...I have thrown caution to the wind, say on cruises, etc, and just went and enjoyed myself...and no matter what, the band still performed it's magic weather I wanted to or not.....

It does not change on it's own.

Now If i did not have it properly filled, and relied more on my own efforts and will power-dicipline, i could understand how I would fail...just like every time I did before surgery.

That's why I had this surgery...to do what I am incapable of doing......

I'm not judging anyone, just reading different posts and comparing them all...seems to be a wide variation including people gaining weight back....

I can only think there is such a variation because the band is adjustable and it too can have a wide variation....and the end user has the final say how they want it to work.

But then, what do I know...only what I know for myself....

Edited November 30, 201411 yr by B-52

I had my band in 2002. Let me know if I can help