Hello everyone, i have never seen this site befor and happened to find it today as i was trying to find answers to a few questions i have. Some one may be able to help me. I have had the band for about 4 years now and had a good weight lose initally. i have actually over the past year had my band filled to max of 9mil and yet i still can eat most food. I do not eat red meat but will eat a bit of fish and chicken, and i can eat this ok at the moment evan at max filling of band. Which is the question that i was trying to find some sort of possible answer to is - has my band slipped ? why i can eat. I found a bit of imformation about slipped bands that maybe i should get all the fill taken out and leave for a couple of weeks and then get it put back in slowley? I may just need to go talk to my doctor and see what he says. I have put on about 10kilos in the recent months so are rather shy to go back to doctor too. Maybe i have over eaten and streatched it?? oh i hope not

Sorry I can't answer all your questions but are you snacking or eating foods that are easy to go down but high in calories like milkshakes etc? If no, I think you do need to talk to your doctor.

My best suggestion would be to go see your surgeon. They can do an upper GI to see if your band is placed OK still.

From what I have read, you are correct that sometimes a total unfill and a bit of time can solve a band slippage, but only your surgeon can tell you if it is slipped, and what you need to do.

This is a great site, glad you found it. Please keep us apprised on what is happening with your band. Best of luck.

Julie

My best suggestion would be to go see your surgeon. They can do an upper GI to see if your band is placed OK still.

From what I have read, you are correct that sometimes a total unfill and a bit of time can solve a band slippage, but only your surgeon can tell you if it is slipped, and what you need to do.

This is a great site, glad you found it. Please keep us apprised on what is happening with your band. Best of luck.

Julie

Thank you, yes i will go see doctor as i do feel that the best option at this stage and yes will keep you informed

Sorry I can't answer all your questions but are you snacking or eating foods that are easy to go down but high in calories like milkshakes etc? If no, I think you do need to talk to your doctor.

hi - i will be honest and say that yes i have had some biscutes and cake, not milkshakes, and i do feel that i can eat more than what i would have thought that i could will being filled. I have been filled to much befor and was unable to drink water so i know that it can just shut off when totally filled, yet they say that i have 9mls in but i still can eat so i will actually go see the doctor and have a talk and will post what he has to say on site. i will say that i have gotten rather lazy in the past year as well and turned to food when been stressed as well and that is the old me comming back. I do feel that it has a lot to do with the state of mind. so a kick in the butt for me really is what i need

You probably know best! It's hard, or we wouldn't be here. Hang in there; I know you can get back on track!

Jannine,

Sorry to hear about the trouble that you are having. Please don't not seek medical treatment out of feeling shame. I work with doctors all the time and doctors go into their field to help people. No doctor that I know would want you suffering in silence and possibly becoming more unhealthly in the name of being too shy to seek treatment. Even though some doctors can be a bit standoffish they really do mean us well and want us to get treatment to help us be healthy. They are aware that we are all humans with emotions that stear us off track sometimes.

Please seek medical care to determine the status of your band so you can utilize it properly. This is a reachout for help that you can be proud of.

Best of luck... may the force be with you.

I agree that you need to see your Dr. I have a slipped band and unless you are in pain, I doubt you slipped it. You could have stretched it a bit, but that is an easy fix! They will take the saline, and your body will rest for a bit. And then you start over. That is the good thing with the band! Good luck and keep us posted!

Hugs

Hello again everyone,:biggrin: I have twice come back on to this site and once I replied with this huge story and blimmin deleted it by accident! lol any how i did go back to the doctors/nurse actually as she can fill my band. So what we decided to do was remove the whole lot and leave it out and start over. I went in knowing that I had 9 mils which is what my form at the doctors said as well and so we removed it all and it was 6mils?? don’t know what went wrong there but anyhow so after realising that I never actually had in what we thought I had, we decided to put back in 8 mils and I left there and went to work and couldn’t even hold any water down. So I carried on as to think well… lets give it the day to see if it comes right. It never did so the next day I went back to the nurse and we spoke about this and decided to remove 1 mil which left me with 7mils. Well I tried again to drink in the surgery before I left and yes it went down ok. Off to work again and by the time I got there, up comes the water that I had at the doctors. Oh blimmin hell I thought… I kept trying over the day but it never got any better so again back to the doctors and she felt for what ever reason this has happened then since I cant hold any water done, she decided to take out 1 mil so I are actually back to 6mil which is where I was at the start. I can actually eat most food again so I are back to where I started and may have to phone her to go get maybe half a mill back in?? I are also working on my frame of mind as this has been a personal fault of mine, I are very positive that with time again I will get through this, it is trying to keep the positiveness with you all the time and not let something crop up and take that away. ( I will be fine as I have decided to try to log on to this site as much as I can and focus from reading about others with similar circumstances). Life is what we make it J J J J :biggrin: