Vanessa, First of all, it appears you have suffered a great deal with your band. I am not aware of your medical condition, but you mentioned in another post that you vomit daily with NO saline in your band, your symtoms sounds like a classic band slip. Honestly, if my band made me vomit daily with NO weight loss I would be really fuming as well. That said, I don't feel you have to right to say and I quote " Bariatric procedures without the malabsorptive component WILL not render weight loss". Funny you mention that because I have had my band a little over 10 months now and I have lost over 100 pounds. I RESEARCHED the LAP BAND fully before I decided whether this procedure was a good choice for me and my lifestyle, I could have had ANY weight loss procedure, my insurance would have paid 100 percent for either RNY, DS and Lap band. I chose lap band because it was less invasive and did not require any manipulation on my internal organs and I did not want to depend on B12 shots and take vitamins the rest of my life just to say alive. THESE THINGS ARE WELL DOCUMENTED AND FOLKS NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT, ALSO IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED WITH THE LAP BAND WE HAVE TO MAKE A LIFESTYLE COMMITMENT TO CHANGE ARE DIETS AND EXERCISE..THE LAP BAND IS DESIGNED TO HELP IS STOP EATING...NOT STOP US FROM EATING...IF WE TRY TO USE OUR TOOLS TO COMPLETELY STOP US FROM EATING...WE WILL REGRET IT WITH COMPLICATIONS... I am NOT saying that you abused your tool, but those do typically regret it, from JACKING UP THEIR FILL VOLUMES rather than using their band as a tool, they abuse it and the problems don't start happening until they are 1-2 years out when the heartburn/reflux and vomiting starts. Some folks maintain too tight fills for long periods of time and have to get their lap band completly emptied and/or removed from either a band slip or damaged esaphagus... And you know what, my band could slip or I could have some other unforseen problem with my band down the road, but you know what I will not be on this regret forum bashing the band, I have done my research on it and I KNOW ALL THE RISKS OF A TOO TIGHT FILL and the eating rules with the lap band...AND BY THE WAY...THE LAP BAND DOES NOT MAKE YOU VOMIT ...I HAVE NOT DONE THIS NOT ONE DAY SINCE I HAVE HAD MY BAND, I AM ALMOST A YEAR OUT, I USE MY TOOL LIKE MY DOC INSTRUCTED ME.. Please ONLY post about YOUR JOURNEY and YOUR problems and don't just say the lap band don't work, because you obviously did NOT work your band. Naomi

My husband is 2 years out now. He's down 90 pounds, and very rarely throws up.

Dear Ms. C: I could not have described the ongoing side effects of getting a Lap-Band any better!!! You have quite a way with words. I have noticed through the years of "lurking" on OH, that many of the respondents are less than 1 year post op with the "wonderful" Lap-Band system. Ideally I would like to read from post op patients from more than 5 years. Maybe they might be able to come up with several, but I doubt it. I think they just kind of went by the weigh-side.......sadly it just was not their body weight that went by the weigh-side! Vanessa

Sue, That really was an unfortunate situation for you. I'm glad you got it all worked out and headed in the right direction. Phyllis

Eating under 1000 calories can actually stall your weight loss, your body is thinking it's starved so it's hanging on until the last minute! Then exercise puts muscle on and muscle weighs more than fat!