I AM WAITING TO BE BANDED AND WOULD LIKE SOME INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BANDED FOR MORE THAN 6 MOS. HOW HAS YOUR WEIGHT LOSS BEEN GOING? ALSO HAVE YOU HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH BAND SLIPPING OR ERROSION OR SEVERE THOWING UP AND FOOD COMING UP IN YOUR THROAT. I AM REALLY TRYING TO GET A CLEAR IDEA OF ALL THE GOOD AND BAD OF BEING BANDED. THANKS SO MUCH FOR EVERYONES HELP.:Yawn:

Edited November 29, 200916 yr by dyingtobethin

Please take your keyboard off of caps, it is rude in computer etiquette...the equivalent of shouting.

I have been banded 14 months. No slip or erosion but overfilled/swollen a couple of times resulting in some barfing episodes.

Mimi

Thanks for your input sorry about the capps. i should be banded in januray and I have read a lot of horror stories and just want to talk to a few people that have been banded a while to see their experiances.

Keep reading and posting and you will learn lots. It is an exciting time for you, congratulations.

Mimi

hey there. I have had no problems in fact I am a huge pro Lapband advocate. I got to goal in less than a year and here I am way below my original goal 9 days plastic surgery post op. If I got to tight in my fills I sometimes would vomit but it wouldn't be bad since everything came up in like an egg ball.. it' mostly mucus. I don't know how to explain but it would just slide out. gross but trying to be honest. I believe in being overly aggressive with fill especially at first. just sit in waiting room and sip on a full glass of water before you leave appt. if you can drink it no problem if you can't get a little of the fill off. No wasting time :Yawn: Good luck!

I am 6 mos today, I am down a total of 48 lbs, so I guess that averages to about 8lbs a month. I have had a couple issues, when I first started getting fills they would be great for a week to 10 days and then I would lose whatever restriction I had. Took 2 mos to confirm a leak by filling, measuring, filing measuring that I had a leak and the port had to be replaced, that was done 10/30, after that I was too tight and had reflux and so on until we got the fill level correct again.

Would I do it again, yes, is it hard work, absolutely! Does it work? If you work at it, it does. I feel like for the first time in my life I can be successful long term on my weight, but it is also likely to take me another 12+ mos to get to goal.

I am continually learning about my band and what works and does not with it, and it seems to change at times. I.e I have just discovered like many others that I can no longer eat scrambled eggs, dont know why, but they get stuck every time. Other things I can't eat are heavy pasta, mashed potatoes, rice unless very saucy, bread unless well toasted and then just a bit. Hope this helps.

Four years out here and never had a problem.

My weight loss averaged about 1.5 lb a week for the first year, although I tended to not lose for weeks and then suddenly lose 5lb. I started out with a BMI of 36 so I didnt expect the fast weight loss some had and I also refuse to EVER diet again, so no protein or calorie counting for me either.

The second year I lost the other 25lb or so very gradually.

I exercised very vigorously all the way through and still do so I never needed to be very tight or dip down below 1500 calories a day or so. Consequently, I have pb'd probably 10 times in 4 years and have never been overfilled or had any issues at all. My band simply makes it easy to eat proper portions and i can eat any food.

I didnt get fast loss and I worked darn hard for it exercise wise, but I found the eating side of the equation quite simple - I ate less and lost weight.

Thanks so much for your input your story is an inspiration.

You look wonderful and should be so proud. congrats on the upgrades that is exactly my goal to lose the weight and then touch up what ever needs it the most. Thanks for the inspiration.