Hi November Nymphs,

Time for me to come out with my problem, too. Sades and I have been in touch with each other as we have each had similar problems of lack of restriction, still have hunger and eat too much at one sitting.

Last week, I had an x-ray and the Dr. says my band is unlocked. He wanted to go in right away and fix it, but my schedule did not allow me to go back into surgery until Aug 5th.

Like Sades, I am sad that I have to be cut open again, go through the anesthesia and the gas pain from being filled with gas, not to mention the recovery again.

Since Sades has found out her problem, I plan to meet with the Dr before my surgery to try to be sure I have the right diagnosis. If my band is unlocked, was it locked at surgery or did it come open? If it came open, will it again and I guess then it could happen to any of us with the same type band.

I knew I was not losing weight fast enough and wondered why it was such a struggle for me. If it were not for the walking I've been doing right now, I would have gained weight back.

Anyway, I just wanted my friends to know in case you ever have a problem, this would be one thing you'd know to check out. I will post in the complication section to try to help anyone else that does not have restriction and feels the band is failing them.

Judy

Foofy: posted on the OH thread hoping to get more info.

Sades: At this point I am prepared but scared for almost anything to happen. Who knows what they'll find when they get in there. I suppose if the band was not around your stomachm there was no scar tissue on the stomach to worry about? Or is that not right?

Did the Dr. ever explain why your scrambled eggs got stuck?

I just hope to understand this more after Thurs's consult.

Judy

Foofy: posted on the OH thread hoping to get more info.

Sades: At this point I am prepared but scared for almost anything to happen. Who knows what they'll find when they get in there. I suppose if the band was not around your stomachm there was no scar tissue on the stomach to worry about? Or is that not right?

Did the Dr. ever explain why your scrambled eggs got stuck?

I just hope to understand this more after Thurs's consult.

Judy

I think that's the reason I went for mine asap because the longer I waited the more stressed I became.

The dr said he thought the reason things were getting stuck is because the band was sitting against the stomach so it affected things a little.

thanks Sades, That was the explanation I thought it would be on why we would get a few things stuck ( for me it's fruit) but I didn't know if what I was thinking made any sense.

I would be happy to have the surgery done sooner, but with the bridal shower and the Dr's schedule, it just wasn't possible. I might ask again when I go in Thurs. if anyone has cancelled or if other days are available.

I hate wondering about all the what if's.

thanks Sades, That was the explanation I thought it would be on why we would get a few things stuck ( for me it's fruit) but I didn't know if what I was thinking made any sense.

I would be happy to have the surgery done sooner, but with the bridal shower and the Dr's schedule, it just wasn't possible. I might ask again when I go in Thurs. if anyone has cancelled or if other days are available.

I hate wondering about all the what if's.

Of course I forgot about the wedding. What date is that again? You definitely want to be up and about for that. My dr knew it was his mistake so he let me pick any day I wanted, he said he would stay back to do it.

The wedding is Sept 27th, and the shower is July 27th. The dr. had July 22th available but I would not have felt well enough for the shower, so we went to a date after the shower. The Dr. is on vacation the week after the shower, so that brought us to Aug 5th.

At this point it seems my Dr. believes the unlocked band is not his error, so has not gone out of his way for me.

Well it wasn't your error so someone has to be accountable! We are truly at their mercy which makes it so hard to know what to do. I guess because my dr admitted his error it made it easier for me to trust that he would make sure he did it right the second time. Let's hope he doesn't prove me wrong! :cursing:

It honestly would be much easier for me, if my problem was something the Dr did wrong. I think he already thinks he is doing the best for me by going back in, but I don't believe he thinks he is at fault. Not sure I see it that way.

It would be better if he at least understod that I ended up with a short piece of the stick and that I am the one most at risk.

I still feel that is what bothers me the most, that he does not seem to understand how awful it is to have surgery again to take care of something I thought was done the first time.

I would like him to say "sorry, you got stuck with this problem and we'll do everything we can to get you through this as easily as possible".

I haven't walked in four days now. I am using the humidity (which it has been) as my excuse, but I've just lost my motivation. I think it's partly because I don't feel like I'm on the upside of the surgery now, I feel that I't be feeling mentally defeated right now, but I just do.

I'm just trying to hang on until I know more and get through this.

I'm so sorry Judy. He's probably afraid to admit anything for the fear of legal action. Even though I've come out of this op okay, my mind is still focused on the negative. What if something else goes wrong. Once I got through it the first time I felt a certain sense of security that I was going to be a success story. I don't have that now.

I think we both have that feeling of "what if I am one of the people that cannot be successful at this war with weight".

I just came back from a walk. Now that I am back home, I have to drive to the walking path. In RI, I can walk out the front door and there are many directions to go in. The walk here also has a few hills that bother my knee and it's shorter at about 3.25 to 3.5 miles, but I did it! And it IS hot and muggy!

I don;t know if I'll walk tomorrow as I have an appt in the a.m and I prefer to walk in the a.m. (especially since I did it today in the afternoon and it's much steamier) so I knew I better get out there.

At least that's one positive thing.

I hope in the end we are both just fine with working bands, seems we worry if we had one problem it will lead to another, which sometimes happens. Let's hope it doesn't. It'd be a big $18,000 mistake for me if it doesn't work out. :cursing:

Glad to hear you're back to your walking. It's so easy to get demotivated. Of course I need to wait a while longer before I can do that again. I hope you get some answers on Thursday.

At least mine was done at his cost this time around. Is yours guaranteed?

I'm not sure about a guarantee. He says he'll bill my ins for a lap exploratory, but I have a $1000 deductible. This is one of the things on my list to discuss, Thurs.

How are you feeling?

Judy

I hope everything goes o.k.. I am so sorry that this has happened.

I too am having a problem losing and do need to ask the doctor why. I went to see him last week and he did not want to give me a fill and says I should have lost 50 lbs. I had surgery in Dec. and still feel hungry. I have had 3 fills and still feel hungry. Marilyn

I hope everything goes o.k.. I am so sorry that this has happened.

I too am having a problem losing and do need to ask the doctor why. I went to see him last week and he did not want to give me a fill and says I should have lost 50 lbs. I had surgery in Dec. and still feel hungry. I have had 3 fills and still feel hungry. Marilyn

Thanks Marilyn, It's not just hunger that's a sign, I also had little restriction ( only have a problem with fruit) and that is with 9 cc's in a 10 cc band.

How much fill do you have and what size is your band? Do you have any restriction?

I'm not sure about a guarantee. He says he'll bill my ins for a lap exploratory, but I have a $1000 deductible. This is one of the things on my list to discuss, Thurs.

How are you feeling?

Judy

I'm feeling pretty good, the pain is going bit by bit. I can move around again. Still sore around the middle but hopefully another fews days should help that. I'm wanting food more than I did last time at this stage. Of course I'm sticking with the plan but it's funny noticing the difference.

I hope your dr answers your questions to your satisfaction.

I didn't get much sleep last night mulling over all my questions. I found old threads about people with unlocked bands and it really seems rare and yet my Dr says I am his second. He never mentioned a defective band (just that it needed to be closed) so that would seem like it's his error from the beginning. I am going to try to press him to admit this. It can only be a defective band or a surgical error, in my mind, unless he has another explanation.

I know they worry about lawsuits, I really don't care about that, I just want to be taken care of properly after the second surgery and this includes the new round of fills. This is a big inconvenience to us both and they should just be sure we are accomodated for appts and fills as necessary. I have never had a problem getting in for fills before anyway. But he has mentioned being discharged the same day and I am not happy about that either. I prefer to stay overnight and have a barium swallow before discharge.

We'll see how it all plays out.

Glad you're feeling better!!!

I actually lost a little more weight, so that's a good thing. I really only want to lose about 25 more pounds, so hopefully a working band will get me there, fast.

Edited July 16, 200818 yr by shortgal