Hello,

I got the band in last August and have had two fills. I keep on throwing up. I've stopped eating almost everything and even throw up sometimes with cottage cheese. The doctor just told me that I need to stop eating so fast. I have family and friends who will tell you that I am on my second bite when their almost done with their food. I am starting to get depressed ( you would to if every time you ate, you felt like someone was stabbing you in the chest.) A lot of the time I just eat things that I know will go down without me throwing it back up. One time I ate ice cream for dinner because I knew that I wouldn't throw it back up.

My question is: Is there anyone out there having the same problems as me? and if so, how did you handle it or get your doctor to take out the band? Please respond I'm starting to really really hate life.

Thanks,

Amber

what about a slight unfill before you consider removing the band?

sometimes even .1 cc removed helps.

good luck.

You've not mentioned whether or not you've had unfills. Sounds like maybe you need to be have even slight unfill if that's not been tried yet? Have you not gone for an upper GI to make sure everything is OK? If not, I'd definitely request one before undergoing more surgery. It's a non-invasive test for the most part. Hell, the stuff you drink isn't even that disgusting. Better than throwing up.

big hugs to you

-m

I've already done that

I've already done unfills. It doesn't work

So you're completely unfilled now and still can't keep food down? Did you have the Fluoroscopy?

-m

Amber, maybe you need to be unfilled some. It sounds like you are too tight. Was it always like this or just since your fills??? It doesn't sound like you are eating too fast or doing anything wrong. It just seems like your too restricted or worst case would be your band slipped. How long have you had your band? Did you get it in the US or Mexico?

Wow! Are you malnourished? Have you lost too much weight? What kinds of tests are you having done since you are unable to eat?

~C

no I'm not completely unfilled. The doctor won't do that. I've had some fluid taken out. I haven't had a Flouroscopy.

I'm dehydrated. I take two vitamins a day. I don't get a lot of protein in. I'm always tired.

Why won't your doctor unfill you? What is his/her reasoning for keeping you filled?

Why won't your doc completely unfill you??? Your going to starve!!

Amber, maybe you need to be unfilled some. It sounds like you are too tight. Was it always like this or just since your fills??? It doesn't sound like you are eating too fast or doing anything wrong. It just seems like your too restricted or worst case would be your band slipped. How long have you had your band? Did you get it in the US or Mexico?

I've had it since August. Me getting sick started when I got fills. I thought that it was because I was eating too fast at first that's why I got the second one. The band did not slip. At least that's what the doctor says and I got it in the United States.

Why won't your doctor unfill you? What is his/her reasoning for keeping you filled?

He said that we didn't want to undo the entire thing because then I wouldn't loose weight at all. He started to unfill me a little bit at a time.

Amber, then I think you need to either find another surgeon or demand that you get better care from your current one.

I'm not sure how anybody could be be purportedly as sick as you've written and be denied an unfill and diagnostic testing. That's outright malpractice. Is there anything you're leaving out?

-m

I'd find somebody else to do your fills. Your doctor sounds like an idiot if he refuses to completely unfill you and you are throwing up and can hardly keep anything down. Either that, or he could be facing malpractice once you end up in the hospital for malnutrition and possibly dehydration.

Those are the answers. Whether you like them or not. DEMAND a complete unfill, and/or get a flouroscopy. With all the throwing up, it's very possible you could be slipped. Even the half-wit doc would have to realize that.