Help.. Need Advice - Could it be erosion?

Banded905 · March 31, 2008

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I went to my Dr. (new Dr. my other Dr. moved to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>)... the Dr. looked at my band under fluro and said it isn't slipped and you have some restriction.. He also said that my esophagus is still stretched... The Dr. added .3cc's of Fluid and checked my band again and we could see more restriction... He also told me that the band is working and I'm not listening... and that I should try to only eat very small amounts of food... I'm a little frustrated here... I don't feel restriction, I don't have any reflux, and I can eat anything without getting things stuck... So, is it me? I feel like such a failure... I'm not sure what else to do... Should I go to another <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Lapband Dr</st1:address></st1:Street>?<o:p></o:p>

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brandyII · March 31, 2008

Banded905, that's pretty strange, how many cc's do you have all together? I had probs where the nurse thought I had the small band but I had the large size one and only put in a tiny bit the first two of my fills so I had no restriction for the first three months. But then once the surgeon did my fill he put in about 3.5 and I had restriction then and now have about 4 and definitely feel it. Except of course for the "sliders" which I'm famous for liking. But that does seem weird. Usually after a fill you're even sort of swollen and my doctor or whoever does the fill tells me to do liquids for a day or two afterwards. I'm no expert but something does seem wrong and the doctor doesn't seem to believe you when you tell them how you feel physically afterwards. Hope you can get things worked out, brandyII.

Banded905 · March 31, 2008

Hi BrandyII,

I have a little band.. It holds 4ccs and I am about there.. Still no restriction & no reflux...

KINGFISH1 · March 31, 2008

Hi Banded 905

Most of my bandit friends were done about 3 years ago and nearly all of them have the 4cc band (as I did). Two of them with 4cc bands did not find 'restriction' until one had 5.5ccs and the other was 5.95ccs. One has lost 80lbs and the other 130lbs. Our surgeon did say that it was safe to go over the 4cc fill level and he was happy to go up to 6ccs. It could be that your band still needs adjustment upwards.

Marion

Banded905 · March 31, 2008

Hi Kingfish1,

Today I'm going to call my Dr. office and see if I can get an appointment with the other Dr.... I would like him to check out my band... I trust his input more than the other guy I saw.... I will keep you posted... thanks for replying... I was banded 9-08-05...

Banded905 · April 2, 2008

I went to the Dr. yesterday to have my band checked for erosion... They goofed up my appointment so I got stuck seeing the DR. that I didn't schedule the appointment for... (long story)... The first this he said was ... why do you think you have erosion? So I explained... occaisional pain when I eat, no restriction, no reflux.... I even asked about having more than 4cc's put in my band (I have a 4cc band) ... he said that he would do that if needed.... He did a fluro, said that my band was tooooo tight, so he took out 1cc... now I have 3cc's in my band.... He once again said that my band was working but I was not listening... he is having me do a 2 week food diary and then go back on the 16th and check things out... He talked about possibly going in and readjusting the band... I told him if he wanted to do that then I would have him put in a different (one of the new) bands... The current band that I have they don't use anymore... I told him that I felt like this band was an $18,000 failure... all paid out of my pocket... he said that he wanted to take this on as a challenge and work with me to try and turn things around... So... will see what happens....

Shannon (Banded905):thumbup: