I have been having terrible complications and wanted to share my story with you..if it can anyone else, and so you dont have to go through what i went though....

A long story short...I have had my band for a year and a half. I have lost about 80 pounds. In that time, I have NEVER been feeling good. I have always dealt with vomiting and severe heartburn. I went to my doc diligiantly, had the tests, he said everything looked fine and it was me. It got to the point where i was very fatigued, had sleeping issues, horrible headaches, my stomach was killing me from vomiting all the time, yet he said there was nothing wrong. In July I switched to a new doctor. Explained to him what was going on, and basically, i was tired of it and wanted my life back. He did more tests and said everything looked fine...even though i was totally open, i was still very restricted though. He decided to go ahead and do a revision surgery last friday. Sure enough, it HAD slipped, plus i had developed a hernia in my stomach as well. since then though, i have been feeling so much better. The worst part of this is back on teh liquid diet...but if this fixes me...i am all about it. I didnt want to have the band out...mainly for psychological reasons. And i am glad i am stickin with it. I am ready to move forward with my life. I just wanted to let everyone know that the band is a great tool, but listen to your docs and listen to YOURSELF. there is no way I should havve gone that long, vomiting every day, a few times a day (and this is not an exaggeration). Since my sugery last week, i can already tell the difference. And I also understand that i may regain some weight back before i start losing again (i havent vomited in 5 days) I just wanted ya all to know...that sometimes these issues do happen, but follow though, you shouldnt have to suffer. And if worse comes to worse...do what i did and switch docs...even if its to get a new perspective. Good luck everyone...now my journey can FINALLY continue.

You make a really good point. Some doctors are so quick to blow us off, but we know our own bodies better than they do!

Thank you so much for your post, Zoe---as in any medical case, we do have to be our own health advocates, because no one knows our bodies better than we do and we should always pay attention to the signals our bodies give us. Hopefully, we will all be as persistent with our doctors as you were...