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Born Swimmer
on 11/4/07 4:41 am - Sunny, FL

Kristin... boy you are describing just how I feel! I had a GI doctor actually tell me that I have a "Food addiction" and that I will create symptoms to keep my band empty so I can eat. WTF! I have massive GERD, pain when I eat certain things like nuts, and I too vomit way too often. I have not been able to keep a fill for the last year (the first year I was banded was bliss). I had gallbladder trouble, got that fixed, then it was one problem after another once fills started. I got a terrible cold last Christmas and I was obstructed for 3 days. I waited that long to see my surgeon for the unfill. I am just so miserible. I have been researching VSG. I have a scope for next Wednesday and if all looks normal, I am considering having my band removed and getting VSG. It is a lot to think about since the portion of the stomach is completely removed, but there is no malabsorption and people report a reduction in hunger, which is what I need. That GI doctor doesn't understand that hunger for me is more painful and sickening than having any other type of illness. I can't tolerate hunger and for him that equates to "food addiction". What a load of BS!

Good luck with whatever you decided to do. I too was banded May 2005 and have been suffering this past year...

~AlyssaBand to Bypass (Band May 2005 --RNY July 2008)

"Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try." ~Yoda

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Kim C.
on 11/4/07 12:59 am - Near Ottawa, Canada

RNY on 09/19/07

Topic: RE: Can't Decide Between Lap Band and Bypass...OPINIONS, PLEASE!!!!

I had the RNY and wish I had had the Duodenal Switch, weight loss stays off.

YOU CAN ONLY TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME

Kim

TonkaMike
on 11/2/07 3:57 am - Sacramento, CA

VSG on 12/13/07

Topic: RE: Can't Decide Between Lap Band and Bypass...OPINIONS, PLEASE!!!!

VG'ers seem very happy, That's what I'm going to do...

sadsushi
on 11/1/07 2:51 pm - LA

VSG on 11/15/07

Topic: RE: Am I the only one??

This was why it was important to go through the psychiatric evaluation prior to surgery, the psychologist went over all the things that I might use to take the place of food, and he claims that many people become alcoholic or even gamblers when they replace the food in the wrong way. I found the discussion amazing... yet very understandable. These professionals should be able to tell if you are a high risk or low risk for developing depression or new addictions after surgery. He also told me that one of the safest and most helpful things to do if I begin feeling like I'm losing control, or depressed, or anything unhealthy..is to go to my regular doc and ask for an anti depressant. He seems to think it has a great deal to do with getting over these humps. I know that sounds abrupt, but it does kind of make sense, k~

(deactivated member)
on 11/1/07 7:43 am - Sacramento Area, CA

RNY on 09/26/07

Topic: RE: wasted time

My medical program told me flat out. Their stats, after doing WLS for many years, are 50/50. 50% regain, 50% are able to maintain a major weight loss. It comes down to what the person does with their tool. It is possible to "eat around" any WLS, and gain weight back. That's why we have to be dilligent in fighting it. Obesity is a lifelong disease that we will never be cured from.

(deactivated member)
on 11/1/07 7:33 am - Sacramento Area, CA

RNY on 09/26/07

Topic: RE: my mom mary wright died from complications due to a

God bless you. I'm so sorry for your pain and loss.

inhonorofmarywright
on 10/31/07 12:58 pm, edited 5/12/08 2:06 am

Topic: my mom mary wright died from complications due to a

My mom had the gastric bypass a few years ago and the surgery made her become Hypoglausemic which is low blood sugar, she would pass out 10-13 times a week with her being passed out for 30 mins to an hour each time. It would happen at any time of the day with anything she ate. Well in August 2006 she went in and had 80% of her pancreas removed, the doctors all agreed that this was a result of having the gastric bypass. Well having 80% of her pancreas removed did not help and she had to go in, in December of last year and have the rest of her pancreas removed half her stomach and some of her large intestines. We were told this surgery was equal to brain surgery. Well she got out and was not able to use the restroom for a month and it backed up into her liver and then stomach. They went to drain her liver b/c she was getting Jondis and she aspirated on all of the junk in her and came down with Phenomena. She was non responsive and on life support for about a month b/f she was able to come out of it and go to a long term facility. After she got out, she started having problems with her body absorbing nutrients, she couldn’t keep anything down. She became very skinny to the point where she basically starved herself to death. She went from 330 to 120 and would have weighed a lot less if she didn’t have skin. B/c her body wasn’t absorbing nutrients, she had a lack of B vitamin in her brain which produced a high level of ammonia. Once that was found out it was a matter of days b/f she first started having seizures then became brain dead. I know a couple other people going down the same path she did and it really breaks my heart to know someone can suffer this much over a period of 2-3 years. In the end my mom could not get up on her own for about 4 months. Her legs were so swollen. I am not trying to prevent anyone from having the surgery if they want/need it. I just want them to know that the suffering can get very long and gruesome. It’s horrible. Thanks for letting me tell you about what happened.

sharon H.
on 10/30/07 10:53 am - Northern Part, DE

Topic: RE: I hate my band.

I for one truely understand what you are going thru as a former Lap Bandster. Yes I did Follow ALL of the Rules from the 1st day of my 1st (yes one of 6 hospitalizations and 4 surgeries in 18 months) initial Surgery. I went to the gym daily, wrote down everything that I ate and drank, testing, doctors, specialists, Protein, vitamins, Unfills and Fills. Yes I did lose approximately 75lbs in this time frame but I was the most miseable person besides feelings of sickness in that time frame. Working as a Healthcare Professional in a Operating Room setting on a daily basis as I do, my patients were not nearly as sick as I was and they were having surgery. When I eventually passed out and was transfered to the nearest hospital for emergency surgery due to a 2nd Severe Slippage that turned my stomach blue and was dying, sadness over come me to lose the Band that I had tried to keep. Yes statics report 2% of the worlds population fails with the Lap Band due to complications but even when patients as myself follow ALL the rules complications can accure. I have never felt better and would certainly rethink my options for Surgical Preference................

(deactivated member)
on 10/29/07 9:50 am - Newton, IA

DS on 01/09/07

Topic: RE: I hate my band.

Come on over to the DS Forum. I know the idea of another surgery is yucky, but there are others in the forum who have had revision from LAP-band and RNY and are now doing GREAT!

(deactivated member)
on 10/29/07 9:49 am - Newton, IA

DS on 01/09/07

Topic: RE: I hate my band.

You may want to look into the Duodenal Switch. I know those who have already had one WLS really don't like the idea for going in for Round 2 - BUT, there are lots of folks on the DS Forum who have had revisions, and there's a wealth of info if you need it.

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