I've had my band for a year now, and I haven't had a fill since February. I lost weight at a steady 10 lbs per month until September. In September, I had an instance of vomiting and then had trouble eating anything for a period of a week or so. It went away about three days before my scheduled visit to the doctor. I was at 235 then. I completely stopped losing weight and assumed that I had plateaued.

Two weeks ago, I overate (cheese from two slices of double-cheese pizza instead of one slice) and regurgitated it. That started several days of pain where EVERYTHING was getting stuck. Even liquids were giving me problems before they would go down. In addition, every time I fell asleep, I regurgitated a small amount. I normally sleep on my side. I turned on my stomach and I could sleep with no issue.

I was prepared to go to the doctor to have some of my fill removed and suddenly I was all better. Everything was back to normal.

Two days ago, it started again. I feel overfull. I have diarrhea. My stomach is in knots. I'm burping constantly (and it smells awful). Today I had some Crystal Light (the citrus one with caffeine) with no issue and then later had an Ice coffee. That gave me gas and pain. I also had a bite of a Subway BMT on flatbread. A little spicy, with the salami and pepperoni. It sent my stomach into fits.

A little while ago, I was feeling better and hungry, so I got out a pudding pack (comfort food?) and it was fine for the first couple spoons, but now I'm feeling acidy and I can feel the food ready to come up.

I've lost another 5 lbs in the last few days.

I'm also under a bit of stress for about the last two months because of some money problems and I have now lost my insurance. I skipped my 6 week checkup because I hadn't had any problems and I had stopped losing weight.

What the heck is going on?

Do I need to have some of my 7 ounces taken out? If so, how much? I didn't start to lose weight at all until my last ounce was put in. I don't want to gain weight but I'm afraid I'll gain it as fast as I lost it. I also don't have the money to have expensive tests run - I'm jobless and my insurance is lapsed.

Do I need to just go on liquids for a few days to let everything calm down and relax and unkink?

This band has worked so well for me. They told me last time that they had originally set a goal of 255 for me and not told me, and I was already down to 235.

:thumbup:

Just checking on you, How are you doing? Do you feel better physically now that the fill has been removed? Hang in there only a couple of weeks till your refill

GO SEE YOUR DR.

This is what I had and thought it was something else Sounds to me this is eroded band. they told me that when you have a belt to tight on your waist it gets red and this what happens under the band cause it there all the time it grows a film out over the band and this gets on the band and than a hole may come in and let gunk in your body. Also it might grow inside of your stomach this is on another thread,

After my 2nd fill I got a new sleep apt, and it set at 17lb from old 12lb. I felt blotted and had lots air/gas? in me and started letting it out any way it would come out. I now think it was from the band no sleep apt. had your problems for 2 mo’s than another fill and the fluid would not go down they said no problem and 2 mo later I had all taken out and spent 4 wks in hosp 3 wks in ICU from the infection

Just checking on you, How are you doing? Do you feel better physically now that the fill has been removed? Hang in there only a couple of weeks till your refill

I feel fine, but I've gained 12 pounds already. Just about everything goes down. :rolleyes2:

I'm just very annoyed about them taking out that much.

On a different note, cold weather is here and I'm FREEZING. Now that I've lost the layers of fat, I don't have the natural insulation that I used to have.

I'm sorry you had such trouble, but hopefully I'm not experiencing that. Fortunately, my symptoms don't match some of yours. I did see the doctor, and she took out 2 of my 6 ounces, and I feel fine, but I'm eating everything in sight and gaining weight. I have an appointment for 1/12 to put some back in. We'll see how it goes. I didn't start really losing weight until I went from 5 to 6 ounces.

GO SEE YOUR DR.

This is what I had and thought it was something else Sounds to me this is eroded band. they told me that when you have a belt to tight on your waist it gets red and this what happens under the band cause it there all the time it grows a film out over the band and this gets on the band and than a hole may come in and let gunk in your body. Also it might grow inside of your stomach this is on another thread,

After my 2nd fill I got a new sleep apt, and it set at 17lb from old 12lb. I felt blotted and had lots air/gas? in me and started letting it out any way it would come out. I now think it was from the band no sleep apt. had your problems for 2 mo’s than another fill and the Fluid would not go down they said no problem and 2 mo later I had all taken out and spent 4 wks in hosp 3 wks in ICU from the infection

Update: I gained a total of 35 lbs. they slowly put everything back, and I got my weight down to 225. Then, in May, I had a vomiting episode that started two months of troubles and pain and vomiting. I was decompressed from 6.25 to 4.25, then to 2 and then finally to completely empty in the hopes that this would allow the inflammation to go down and get me back to normal. I also switched to non-mechanical food. On Labor day, NOTHING would go down (even liquids), so I went into the emergency room. At that point I was 210. They admitted me to the hospital and started me on intraveinous fluids and ran a cat scan. By the next morning I weighed 217 (same scale). That's 7 lbs of saline&glucose Later that day they performed an upper GI. It turned out that my band had slipped. The right side was still sewn in properly, but the left had detached and my ENTIRE STOMACH had slipped up through the band. The band was now vertical and was cutting off the very lowest part of my stomach where the intestines start. They had me in the operating room two hours later and they tried to reposition the band, but weren't able to, so they removed it.

It's now been about three weeks, and my appetite has returned full-force and I'm having a very hard time eating healthy. I'm at 235 already and without medical insurance, I'm likely to keep climbing.

When the band was in, I never felt hungry, so I'd eat a small portion and stop. Now...

:-(

Edited October 1, 201015 yr by GutBgone

Update: I gained a total of 35 lbs. they slowly put everything back, and I got my weight down to 225. Then, in May, I had a vomiting episode that started two months of troubles and pain and vomiting. I was decompressed from 6.25 to 4.25, then to 2 and then finally to completely empty in the hopes that this would allow the inflammation to go down and get me back to normal. I also switched to non-mechanical food. On Labor day, NOTHING would go down (even liquids), so I went into the emergency room. At that point I was 210. They admitted me to the hospital and started me on intraveinous fluids and ran a cat scan. By the next morning I weighed 217 (same scale). That's 7 lbs of saline&glucose Later that day they performed an upper GI. It turned out that my band had slipped. The right side was still sewn in properly, but the left had detached and my ENTIRE STOMACH had slipped up through the band. The band was now vertical and was cutting off the very lowest part of my stomach where the intestines start. They had me in the operating room two hours later and they tried to reposition the band, but weren't able to, so they removed it.

It's now been about three weeks, and my appetite has returned full-force and I'm having a very hard time eating healthy. I'm at 235 already and without medical insurance, I'm likely to keep climbing.

When the band was in, I never felt hungry, so I'd eat a small portion and stop. Now...

:-(

Ok, could it be possible that the band was not the right procedure for you??? It happens and happens to many more than you'd like to think including myself. So if things don't improve consider revising to a different procedure, good luck, Nancy.

Ok, could it be possible that the band was not the right procedure for you??? It happens and happens to many more than you'd like to think including myself. So if things don't improve consider revising to a different procedure, good luck, Nancy.

I lost 160 lbs and had no problem keeping it off. Why would it be the wrong procedure?

Update: my band had slipped so far that my entire stomach had herniated through it. I had emergency surgery to reposition it, but the scar tissue was too much so they removed it. I regained about 140 lbs in the four years after that and just got a sleeve revision last week.