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Courtnin    86

Courtnin
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So.. I've had my band for 4 years this month, I lost 120lbs and have kept most of it off. Ive never had a fill.Never had any band complications until now. Suddenly I was having insane pain eating, the food would go down but when it would begin to digest I would be in pain. My surgeon is 8 hour drive away from me, and only covered me for 2 years and my family doctor doesn't have any knowledge surrounding the lap band. So I put myself on a liquid diet and went to the ER, they took a x ray and the doctor said it looks like my band has shifted and to stay on Protein shakes etc, so she referred me to a gastroentrologist but now they're telling me it's a 6 week wait just to get a endoscopy.. 6 weeks just to have it looked at is just absolutely insane to me.. I'm assuming I'll need surgery to have it fixed or removed!? Wondering if anyone else has been in this situation and what their experience was like and what the heck to eat when you have a slipped band?

Thanks in advance :)

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BayougirlMrsS    3,938

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did they put a fill in at time of surg? I really can't speak on anyone else, only me. but, last month i was (still am) going through a really stressful time and for some reason my band just tighten up. So my surg took out all the fill and i "rested" my stomach.... it help. So now we are filling her back up 2cc at a time.

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Sai    785

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That seems like a very long time. The barium swallow does give them information though and from that they can tell if it slipped or not. Did they unfill you completely? That's what they did to me, and they said to come back in 3 months. The unfill takes most of the pressure off your stomach so it can heal again.

I recently had a revision but I had the band from 2009-2016.

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lizmo8175    56

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Same here went to a new bariatric surgeon they did the scope with in a week of my appointment and found I had a hernia and slipped band I wish I wouldnt have waited so long to go to the doc waited 2 years, I am having revision surgery band to sleeve;) Good Luck to you!!!

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Courtnin    86

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did they put a fill in at time of surg? I really can't speak on anyone else, only me. but, last month i was (still am) going through a really stressful time and for some reason my band just tighten up. So my surg took out all the fill and i "rested" my stomach.... it help. So now we are filling her back up 2cc at a time.

I've never had a fill. Always had an empty band.. that was enough for me I found. What did you eat when you had slipped?

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That seems like a very long time. The barium swallow does give them information though and from that they can tell if it slipped or not. Did they unfill you completely? That's what they did to me, and they said to come back in 3 months. The unfill takes most of the pressure off your stomach so it can heal again.

I recently had a revision but I had the band from 2009-2016.

I never had it filled, always have been empty. I found that was enough for me. What did you eat during that time?

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Same here went to a new bariatric surgeon they did the scope with in a week of my appointment and found I had a hernia and slipped band I wish I wouldnt have waited so long to go to the doc waited 2 years, I am having revision surgery band to sleeve;) Good Luck to you!!!

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2 years! That is a long time! Thanks for the wishes :)

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Sai    785

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@@Courtnin I never had a slip, my band was often too tight so it caused esophageal dilation a couple of times. At the time, I was on a balanced diet ~1400 cal/day, 60-80 carbs.

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Courtnin    86

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So turned out that my band was actually eroded and created a hole in my stomach. The surgeon who removed it said it was one of the worst he's seen and the band was way too small for my stomach! Had it removed Dec 7th.. finally starting to feel like a human being again! What a nightmare! Anyone ever have this kind of experience?

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clc9    644

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I don't know anything about bands. What do they tell you the lifespan of the device is when you get one? Strikes me as a class action lawsuit waiting to happen.

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PrettyThick1    1,860

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I don't know anything about bands. What do they tell you the lifespan of the device is when you get one? Strikes me as a class action lawsuit waiting to happen.

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A friend of mine has had the same device for more than 11 years. She went from being an invisible 450 pound woman to a show stopping glamazon and is still maintaining her gorgeous curves.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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