Please Help!!! Dizziness after adjustment??? Losing Faith!

I am six months out from Realize Band surgery. I went August 4th for an adjustment. Dr. put 2cc's for a total of 6cc's. I felt fine before the adjustment but just didn't have any restriction at all. The day after the adjustment I had to stay home and in bed all day because I was dizzy.

Over then next 1 1/2 months I was ok except when I would lie down, change positions while lying down or stand up after lying down. If I did any of the 3 I would get really dizzy and several times I actually fell down cause I couldn't keep my equalibrium.

Went to the ER almost 2 weeks ago cause I just couldn't take it anymore. They did blood tests and checked blood pressure while lying, sitting and standing. Everything came back normal. So I went back to my surgeon to get his opinion about what is happening. He doesn't think the adjustment and dizziness are related, but just to be on the safe side he took the 2cc's back out of my band.

So now I'm back to 4cc's like before the dizziness started. He said that if removing the 2cc's that I got at the last adjustment doesn't "cure" the dizziness then I should see a neurologist. But if it does "cure" the dizziness then I can't have any more adjustments and may have to have my band removed eventually.

Now I'm really scared because I woke up this morning (the day after removal) and NO DIZZINESS!!! Someone please help and tell me that you went through this too. I was really really wanting it to be like an inner ear infection or something, but now I'm so scared that it really is something to do with the adjustment.

I am not even close to reaching my goal weight yet and this past month has been really bad because I haven't been able to workout with the dizziness and I actually gained 2 pounds since the adjustment. I'm going to try and go workout today to see if I still get dizzy but I'm afraid that I will have "mental" dizziness because I don't want the removal of the 2cc's to "cure" the dizziness. Does that make any sense?

Someone please help me. I'm really losing faith here!

Baby girl, I can't help you but I will lift you in prayer and send positive vibes your way!

Gidget, 

I don't know if it's coincidental or if the issues are related. I had a similar, but not as severe issue with dizziness. I swear it felt as if the whole room was moving. It normally happened when I was laying down, but could happen other times. To be honest, it seemed to be related to not getting enough to eat, but I'm not even sure about that. I thought it was an inner ear issue, but tests didn't show anything. Eventually, it got better and I really haven't had an issue with it in the last year or so. 

Take it slow, but keep asking for help if it doesn't get better. 

Thinking of you and wishing you all the best... 

BTW... If you haven't done it already, you might cross post this to the main, realize and band forums... maybe the other forums as well, since, it's possible that it's related to the restriction and all of the procedures provide restriction in one form or another. Just a thought. 

Thanks Barb.

I have a feeling that it really is related to my band because since the doc took the 2cc's out yesterday I have not had a single dizzy spell. I even went and worked out today and although I was weak from not working out in over a month, I didn't get dizzy.

I have posted on the Realize Band forum as well. No one has posted with a similar experience yet.

I know it's not from getting too little to eat cause I've gained 2 pounds and I eat 5 meals a day most days. It is strictly positional and all the tests they have run came back normal.

Don't know what I'm going to do without my "tool" but it's looking like it's the culprit for the dizziness.

Thanks for your thoughts and keep me in your prayers cause this is really difficult for me.

Hi Gidget,

I don't have any medical background at all, so I'm just thinking out loud, but I wonder if your band might be hitting the vegas nerve or something else similar that might be causing this... Also wondering if as you think, it might be positional and only started when you lose enough weight to get it to a certain place and/or if possibly your band might have migrated... Again, just 'thinking out loud.' 

Hang in there sweetie! 

 

Gidget, I also have a lapband.  I have never NEVER been given that much of a fill at one time.  The absolute max I have ever gotten is 1 cc the 1st time. Every other time it has been .25 or .5 cc.  I have not had any problem with me band.  I am not in the medical profession but I would request a smaller fill and see if you have any problems then.  Let me know how you are.

Vera

Thanks for your response Vera. Lapband and Realize Band are different sizes and the fills are more than Lapband because it doesn't come "pre-filled". I have a feeling that Barbara may be right about the position of my band changing. I guess I'm going to give it a couple of weeks and see if I have any more dizziness. If not then I'm contacting my surgeon again to see if there is a way they can tell if my band has slipped. Originally the Surgery Coordinator for my program actually suggested that it might be a vagal-vasal response and I had no idea what that meant. I guess there is a nerve around there somewhere and perhaps mine is getting "pinched" by my band.

I guess I'm just in a "wait and see" mode right now. But thanks for your concern. I really hope I can get this figured out before I start gaining all my weight back!!!

Thanks.

Gidget

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