Poll-Who still has their original band and port??

Kate -True Brit
on 3/10/11 5:27 pm - UK

I think ( and the studies I posted yesterday which covered several thousand people over up to 12 years support this) that saying we are "pretty much guaranteed" a second op is an exaggeration.
Kate

Highest 290, Banded - 248 Lowest 139 (too thin!). Comfort zone 155-165.

Happily banded since May 2006. Regain of 28lbs 2013-14. ALL GONE!

But some has returned! Up to 175, argh! Off we go again,

LuciousLA & Babylapband
on 3/11/11 4:41 am - Greenbelt, MD

Lap Band on 02/13/06 with

Maria, so.....you don’t have both your original band and org port??

I know..........your band is not working.

Yes, this post from me is petty as all get out......but petty with a point. I really have no more authority to speak for you than you have to quantify other folks answer.

Have a great weekend.

I have learned that a lot of folks on here do not want to hear what YOU have to say. They want you to SAY WHAT they want to hear.

Jean M.
on 3/10/11 5:50 am

Revision on 08/16/12

Yes, I still have my original band and port. Had surgery last year to reposition my flipped port, and now it's working just fine.

I'm 3-1/2 yrs post op.

Jean

Jean McMillan c.2009-2013 - Always a bandster at heart
author of Bandwagon (TM), Strategies for Success with the Adjustable Gastric Band & Bandwagon Cookery. Bandwagon for Kindle now available on Amazon. Read my blog at: jean-onthebandwagon.blogspot.com

swiss58
on 3/10/11 5:52 am

REALIZE Band on 11/13/08

No, to both.

I had my original band placed in November 2008. Had to have the port replaced in August 2010 as it wasn't working right. Then in December 2010 had to have another sugery to replace them both.

MARIA F.
on 3/10/11 6:01 am - Athens, GA

On March 10, 2011 at 1:52 PM Pacific Time, swiss58 wrote:

No, to both.

I had my original band placed in November 2008. Had to have the port replaced in August 2010 as it wasn't working right. Then in December 2010 had to have another sugery to replace them both.

Omg! 3 band surgeries in 2 yrs. I'm so sorry!!!