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In the ObesityHelp community, it is pretty common to see one of our members sharing some kind of news or update about their journey. One that we always look forward to is the very excited, “I got my date!” post. So if you just got your date and you are here to figure out how to add it to your message board posts and blog, let us first start by telling you… Congratulations! We wish you the best on your journey in health and wellness.
Add Your Surgery Date(s) – Go to My OH, Medical History
On the Surgeries Tab, Select either Bariatric or Plastic Surgery – then “add surgery”
Fill out the form with your information: Surgery Type, Date, Surgeon and any notes that you want to save.
To have your date show with your posts, make sure “check” primary procedure. Then click “Save”.
HW:330 - GW:150 - MW:118-125
RW:190 - CW:130
I had lap band surgery in 2010. I went in for a fill last week. Saw the Nurse practioner, after her poking me with the needle about 9 times, I asked if she could get the doctor because she always gets it in the port the first try. So the doctor came in and it took her about 5 or 6 sticks and she still couldnt get it. She thinks my port is tilted. So she had me reposition myself and she got the needle in a little sideways. I dont know if this is something I should be worried about. Im getting married in 2 months so she told me to f/up with her after the wedding ,she knows Im stressed about a few things so I dont know if she wasent making a big deal about the tilted port because of that. Anyone else ever have this problem??
Thanks
5/6/2010 Preband Weight 268-Started 6 months of "I can change program"
10/18/10 Date of surgery : Weight 215
11/30/10 Fill 3cc's- Weight 200.6
12/28/10 Fill another 3cc's -Weight 192
1/25/11 No fill- 180.4
2/8/11 - 177
3/16/11- .5cc- 170
7/19/11 -Weight 147.9!!!
Hi CJ
I do agree with you this band thing can be fickle. Sometimes I could eat an entire cheeseburger and it not get stuck and then there woudl be times when I cannot even eat scrambled eggs without it getting "stuck". It makes no sense to be honest. Not that I should be eating an entire cheeseburger! :) I do think for me part of the problem is wanting to eat like a "normal" person. Well if I had eaten like a so called normal person I would have never needed the band in the first place. And now having the band definitely not. Which is okay because that is the whole point isnt it. I hear so many be so happy they had the band. I wish I was one of them. My goal at this point is to start having fills again to see whats best for me and as Phyllis said really LISTEN to my band! and be willing to stop! I am in counseling. There has been so much on my plate the last few years that its a blessing finally I can just work on me and my eating/addiction or disorder. Whatever you want to call it. Once I reach a weight I am happy with - which will be for health purposes mostly - Im going to probably have the band taken out. I hope I dont have any issues removing it!! Thanks for sharing CJ.
One thing I want to tell you is, it is not your fault. Some people have luck with the band, others do not. I was one of the latter. My band experience was full of "bumps". I would constantly get stuck....nothing like being in a restaurant and having to bolt to the bathroom to get it up! Esophageal spasms, abdominal pain, and dealing with a FICKLE, FICKLE band about did me in. No, it wasn't band placement....it was perfect. No, it wasn't my Dr. He was a renowned Lap Band physician...sought by many!!!! I blamed myself for years, and all it got me was a rapid spiral into the deepest, darkest depression of my life. I fought and fought thinking I needed to perfect what I was doing, and I would be successful. I would still be fighting if the band hadn't made that decision for me. It irritated my stomach so badly, I was having constant pain, and as a result had to have the band removed. I am thankful I didn't have vagus nerve damage. The Dr. that removed my band said my stomach was very irritated....by an (at that point for months) empty band. I hope you can find the "sweet spot" that always eluded me. I waxed and waned from too tight to too loose...all within hours. It has taken me a year and a half to get my mind back to a state to consider a revision surgery. I am in the process of being approved for the VSG. I have researched it diligently, and it appears that, though not without issue, it is all the band promised but never was for me. I hope you get back on track, and I'm sure some of the successful bandsters will give you some good advice, but my advice is...stop being so hard on yourself. The band is a fickle little booger that some can never make peace with.
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256/231/135
Thank you Kate!
Lapband - Jan 2009 weight goal reached with lapband. Revised to VSG- 1/25/16
Love the new avatar, Cheyenne!
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,
When they did the CT scan did they establish the tubing was split by viewing the Saline flowing into the abdominal cavity?
If your Dr. is Rude FIND a NEW ONE, He works for you!!
As far as I'm aware NO the lap band does come with Warranties. Tubing leakage, breakage is just a known complication of having a band per the manufacturer. 
You can have Surgery to replace the tubing but I wouldn't count on it being anymore successful than the original.
Lap Band Revisions are as high as 60 %, this to me speak volumes about the Band being Inferior when comparing to other forms of Weight loss surgeries.
http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/lap-band-side-effects-additional-surgery-17088/
If your insurance will cover another weight loss surgery you'd be better served by RESEARCHING the other forms and deciding what is best for you and just removing the band and then revising.
I would suggest you call this Surgeon in Plano, Tx if that doesn't work I know of others in and around Dallas as well.
Stephan V. Hamm M.D.
6020 West Parker Road Ste 430, Plano, TX 75093
Phone:(214) 501-1333
Good Luck
Everyone recovers from major surgery differently. Go easy on yourself!
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
We're all different, I am an up-and-doing person and bounced back. But you have just had an anaesthetic, had knives stuck into you, had your organs handled and moved around. Two days isn't long to get over that!
And the liquid is all that really matters fir the first few days, in fact many of us are told water consistency only for the first couple of days.
So just keep trying to move and keep sipping!
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,
I had the same issue back in July of 2014. Got it replaced, (by the same doctor) but have since experienced pain and a bloaty feeling. I also gained most of my weight back due to the tubing issue. Went for test today to see why I am in pain, but am using a different doctor ( as mine retired) The new doc is nice and all but I feel like he doesn't know what he's doing. Thinking of switching to a different doctor in the same office, ( this is the same office my original doctor retired from). I was never given a warrenty and when my tubing was replaced, the insurance covered it and I had no out of pocket expenses.
Hope this helped.
Brittany
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