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Veterans: Are you Having your Band Removed or is it Removed Already?
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Hi Everyone!
I am back with an update. I am having my band removed on June 4, 2015 and six months later will have the gastric bypass procedure. I did lose 34 pounds with the band, which is awesome. The weight loss has helped me be more active. However, I am almost seven years out and I am having band issues, which include port pain which is not associated to a fill; loss of a lot of fill Fluid within weeks of a fill; and being stuck which landed me in the hospital.
So, to the banded veterans, are you having your band removed or is it removed already? AND are you having another WLS procedure? Please share.
Thanks,