7 th and 8 th fill in september

I am SO sorry to hear that you have to get a new band. This is truly a bandster’s nightmare, to have a defective band or to suffer complications. I can certainly imagine this causing your some heartache which I’m sure did not help your weight loss efforts.

 

The positive spin is that Dr. B will correct this issue. While a 2^nd surgery is never good news, at least you can be rest assured that you are in good hands.

 

I am certain that once you get a brand new band, things will look up for you. I applaud you for not giving up, and pressing this issue further. I’m sure some patients in your situation would have simply thought “I’m a failure to this surgery, this doesn’t work" and stop going for fills and give up. I’m happy you pushed this to get resolved and followed your gut instinct.

 

I have to ask though, did you discuss with Dr. B about revising to Bypass? Maybe you did not want it, but for me, should my band go wrong, I would definitely be considering a revision to another weight loss surgery.

 

I wish you the best of luck, and again, I am sorry for your troubles. Please keep us posted!

 

Mon

Thanks for your kind words, i was not given a choice..... Lise said the government might not approve so that was the end of it.   After 5 years lapbands and RNY have THE  same result . Dr B. is confident he can get it working better , maybe position it better, fingers crossed ..

I have been wondering about you and your band .You kinda knew that the band was a fluke ,but isn't it sad that you had to wait so long for the Dr.to realize it .
Good Luck on this one ....after this the weight will just fly off .

Thanks i hope so, started the liquid diet down about 5  pounds already.

Does Dr B use the Boost for the liquid diet?

slimfast

what liquid diet are you on? Thanks and good luck on your surgery , hope you have a speedy recovery.

thanks, im using slimfast same as before , i add xtra whey protein to curb hunger

Good Luck with the replacement Stephen. 

I am sure once you get a new band you will do wonderfully well.

Ann