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Please read! Need as much advice as I can get!

Kat225

By Kat225, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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BethFromVA    5

BethFromVA
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Lapbandtalker, you don't want to mess around with that! I know it can be hard financially to get care when you either don't have insurance or insurance doesn't cover this or whatever your dilemma, but if it IS a slip, it can do permanent and dire damage to your stomach that is irreversible! PLEASE get in to see somebody. Your issues are not the norm, and I worry for you that you could end up with permanent damage which could have been avoided. :unsure:

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jennibells    0

jennibells
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lapbandtalker-

I went in to the ER and they rushed me in for emergency surgery. I knew my band had slipped for a month and we were waiting to see if it would go back on its own but I started having trouble keeping anything down and severe pain. My doctor told me it was a good thing I came in when I did because the band was strangulating my stomache and it could of cut off the blood flow to my stomache completely which would of caused my stomache to die and caused many complications for the rest of my life and possibly death due to unknown infection if I had let it go.

I dont think that everybodys case is going to be just like mine but I do believe in signs and fate and it may be a sign that you read my post. I did read somone elses post who had a slipped band the day before I went in and I really think it scared me enough to go in which may have saved my life or at least my stomache.

I had the best possible results, I had the band removed, a new one put in and I am doing great with my new band now! I cant imagine life without my band and I am so glad that I have been blessed enough to be able to keep it!!!

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lapbandtalker    0

lapbandtalker
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Thanks for your concern.....contacted a doc in Mexico- yes, I know.....swine flue-

but I can get round trip airfare and a hundred buck unfill...cheaper than any doc around here.

So, I'll be going next month.

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Kat225    2

Kat225
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Kat how are you doing? did the unfill do the job for you or are you still having problems?

I got my first fill with my new band and I am doing great. I cant eat much but I feel great!

I'm so glad you are doing well with the new band! I on the other hand am not very happy. My band still plays tricks on me from time to time. It's been a lot looser than before, but it still has a mind of it's own. It's either I can eat a lot or I can eat very, very little because I will bring it back up. I'm pretty miserable today so that's why I'm so negative. I'm just trying to take it one day at a time...

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Kat225    2

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Thanks for your concern.....contacted a doc in Mexico- yes, I know.....swine flue-

but I can get round trip airfare and a hundred buck unfill...cheaper than any doc around here.

So, I'll be going next month.

I hope you get everything worked out....

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Kat225    2

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Kat, I don't know how hungry you are in the mornings (I usually am not, but I know I need to have something to get my metabolism going), but do you do Protein Shakes? That way you're not forcing food down when you're tight but still getting something in.

I started to add Protein to make coffee in the morning...

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