HEllo everyone ...I am new here .....

Well let me tell ya soemthing about me first ...My name is Laura and i had a lap band on Nov 3 2006...So i am looking for otheres to chat with and see if we are all in the same boat .....Back in April 2004 i did have a lap RNY that failed and that is why i now have the band .,...So i know the first stages of both now i guess ...But i am hopeing this band will really work since my pouch was only 1-2oz from what i was told ....so we will see ...I guess when one surgery fails you , you just do not get your hopes up for the second ...Please do not get me wronge i would tell anyone to get RNY just not with my original surgon LOL ...I do not have any regrets like some do ...I would do it again if i could ...Just another Doc and all ...... But looking for Peeps to chat with and keep up with ..... Laura

Hi Laura and welcome to the November board. We aren't usually too chatty but we have a nice little board going here. Sorry to hear that your RNY failed and you had to have a lap band done. Hopefully that does it for you and you will be well on your way. Best of luck to you. Shawn M.

Shawn Thanks ...I am keeping my fingers crossed with my 10 pound loss so far ...Wi**** was more but at least i did not gain over the holidays right ??? Laura

Laura, I'm curious..what went wrong with the RNY? How did you know something was wrong?

Lets see after about a year and a half i started to gain about 5 pounds a month ...So finally once i had insurance i went and got scoped and found out the stoma or the opening from the pouch to the upper GI was wide open ...so my pouch was not holding a thing ...So i never felt full and eveything was going straight to my upper GI so not good .....so the best way i could think of to get that restriction back was to get a band put on ...and that is helping some ....so far i still dont like all the fills and all you have to get before you start loseing in a way ...but you got to do waht you got to do ..... laura

Hi Laura, good for you for not giving up, for trying something else, for fighting your way to a good outcome. I hope that you can have some early success so that you can have an optimistic outlook for what you have done. I look forward to reading your posts. Linda O.

Welcome Laura, glad to hear that you are giving your surgery another try. I pray that this one works for you, and that you have no problems, I pray that all of us have no problems and that all will be well. Thank you and hope to hear from you soon. Chrisy

Welcome Laura!! I dont know about the band, I had an open RNY about 5 weeks ago. If ya ever need to chat my email is [email protected] and I have yahoo messenger under: mommie02

Laura, I know I seem very nosey...but the RNY not working is always a great fear of mine. I hope you don't mind the personal questions. Were they able to tell you why your stoma was so open? Did it seem like you were able to eat alot post-surgery or was your first clue when you started gaining weight at one year post-op? The reason I am concerned is that it seems that I can eat and drink too easily. I'm not one of those people who can stop after one tablespoon because "they are just too full". I'm 7 weeks post op and still on soft foods. Maybe when I progress to regular it will be different. I agree with everyone else. It's great that you didn't let this defeat you and you kept trying. I wish you much success!

Wanda Well i only had 100 pounds to lose to begin with so the first year i only lost about 60 pouds and that was average for what i had to lose but i lost that in about 8 months and then lost nothing again and i started to gain at about a year and three quarters so almost two years .....well i just figered it was me ...not eating right or soemthing ...When i finally went and got scooped ( i could eat anything and as much as i wanted i am tlaking almost more than before surgery) and i was never full ever .....well they could not tell me what caused this but after some research i found about 5 other people that had my surgon and haveing the same problem and had surgery at the same time as me ....so i think it was somethign that surgon did at that time and the head of the practice would not do anything to fix it ...So i was left to go to Mexico and get it fixed and pay out of pocket ....so that sucked but i hope it works ... Please do not think i am putting down RNY i would have it all over again but with a different surgon