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That's great! So happy for you. The keys to success with the band is eating right, exercise and staying connected to others that had this surgery. If you slip from any of them, you will have a problem. Then the problem grows the longer to don't do what you should. I'm saying this, because I know first hand. I've gone up and down with journey. I'm working on consistency. I will I will have it. I'm trusting God.

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That's great! So happy for you. The keys to success with the band is eating right, exercise and staying connected to others that had this surgery. If you slip from any of them, you will have a problem. Then the problem grows the longer to don't do what you should. I'm saying this, because I know first hand. I've gone up and down with journey. I'm working on consistency. I will I will have it. I'm trusting God.

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I love my band even now after all these years and I would not change a thing so very glad that I did this. It has saved my life. No more insulin and blood pressure good. I feel and look like a new person. Dr Ikram Kureshi is awesome. He is in my opinion the very best of the best! Bari his nurse cannot be beat! This is best decision that I could have made for myself. I have NO Regrets!

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Sounds good. I wish I could say the same. Even though I haven't lost nearly half of my weight, I'm still very hopeful. I just refuse to give up on myself or my ability to get this weight off.

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Banded 11/12 and down 63 pounds! I have had great sucess and can't wait to get to my goal! Starting weight 243, current 180, goal 135ish. Hope everyone is doing well!

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Banded 11/12 and down 63 pounds! I have had great sucess and can't wait to get to my goal! Starting weight 243' date=' current 180, goal 135ish. Hope everyone is doing well![/quote']

That is so great. Congrats! Weihht is not easy to loose and it sounds like you are well on your way. I wish the best for you. Keep up the great work.

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Banded 11/12 and down 63 pounds! I have had great sucess and can't wait to get to my goal! Starting weight 243' date=' current 180, goal 135ish. Hope everyone is doing well![/quote']

That is so great. Congrats! Weight is not easy to loose and it sounds like you are well on your way. I wish the best for you. Keep up the great work.

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Hi everyone! I was banded Nov 08. I had great success until last summer when it was discovered that I had a dialated esophagus. I had a complete unfill and gained 25 lbs. :( I have been getting refilled over the last year and have lost 10 lbs of the weight gain. I am doing great, but my doctor is suggesting that I get the band removed and get a gastric sleeve. My guess is that he knows something I don't? I still love my band and will keep pushing forward with it.

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Hi everyone! I was banded Nov 08. I had great success until last summer when it was discovered that I had a dialated esophagus. I had a complete unfill and gained 25 lbs. :( I have been getting refilled over the last year and have lost 10 lbs of the weight gain. I am doing great, but my doctor is suggesting that I get the band removed and get a gastric sleeve. My guess is that he knows something I don't? I still love my band and will keep pushing forward with it.

what were your symptoms?

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Hi everyone! I was banded Nov 08. I had great success until last summer when it was discovered that I had a dialated esophagus. I had a complete unfill and gained 25 lbs. :( I have been getting refilled over the last year and have lost 10 lbs of the weight gain. I am doing great' date=' but my doctor is suggesting that I get the band removed and get a gastric sleeve. My guess is that he knows something I don't? I still love my band and will keep pushing forward with it.[/quote']

I was thinking about having the sleeve myself. I just don't know if the band is working. I guess I haven't worked it enough.

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Alot of the doctors are now suggesting the sleeve instead of the band

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My surgeons office said a lot of their patients are getting their bands revised with the sleeve. I actually have an appointment on this Friday to discuss this. I had lost 85 pounds with my band between 2008-2010 and since then have actually gained back half of that. :-( I CANNOT seem to lose anything now. Just keeps creeping back up. Also having bad gastro issues. I have a huge hiatal hernia and there's a chance my band has actually moved I guess. Hopefully Friday I'll have more answers. I would panic if they wanted to just remove the band and have nothing though. I hope I'll be able to have the sleeve done. A friend of mine had it and got to her goal weight within less than a year. (lost about 90-95 total pounds)

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Amylynns~ My daughter had her band taken out last year after a lot of trouble with it. At one point I was down 100 pounds. I gained 10-15 back and have gone back and forth. I asked my insurance if they would cover the sleeve and got the approval in two days. I had my band taken out two weeks ago and I'm having the sleeve done Nov 14th. I did great with the band don't get me wrong, I just would never get all the weight off I wanted. The sleeve is a tool just like the band. It will be nice to be full on normal food and not worry about meat or something getting stuck when out in public. Good luck to you.

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Thanks so much for that info! I'll be curious to know how the sleeve works for you! And yes, I agree, it will be SO nice to be full and not have food get stuck every time I eat! (That's the point I'm at now because of either the hernia, or the band possibly moved) Even scrambled eggs can get stuck. :-( That's why I'm "drinking" my Breakfast right now, which I know is a no no. UGH....

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Hello! Wow it's hard to believe we have all been banded for SOOOOOOOO long now!

I'd LOVE to get the sleeve. I have lost a lot of weight but not "all" of it. Unfortunately there is no way I would qualify to get the sleeve unless I paid for it all as my BMI is actually not that bad now! Go figure! Anyhoooooooo so that wont be happening. I would love to just to eat again, I get stuck on everything and I eat like a bird. My problem is that the bad foods that dont get stuck still are super high in calories and just zip right on through.

Amylynns I drink my breakfast EVERY morning, my blender is my very best friend. I drink yogurt/protien/fruit smoothies for breakfast every day and I also do a lot of green juicing. I worry because I know I do not get all of the nutrition in I need every day, but the only way would be to take a bit out of my band and I dont want to do that because I am scared I will gain.

Today I had a banana/mango/cherry & yogurt smoothie for breakfast and a stick of cheese and a few crackers for lunch. Id love to eat more right now, in fact I am hungry however I know one more bite and it will be too much and I'll wind up drowning in my phlem. Lovely eh?

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