Hi i'm glad someone finally felt the same way i do. The reason i want a reversal is because i feel nauseated most of the time and usually after i eat. I also will get pain and cramps and that can be from drinking a couple of sips of water. I just don't like the way i feel now. Before the sugery i felt good and i could eat with out pain. I could drink what ever i wanted. I want that back if i knew what i know now i defintely would have not had the surgery. To me being skinny i could careless. My husband loves me regardless. Jackie

Hey there Jackie, I fell the same way as you. I dont think that I would do the reversal but I kinda sorta regrete everything too! I love food and I crave it so bad. I love the way Im looking though. I just had the surgery about 2 weeks ago and I'm haveing a hard time with the protein stuff. I wish that the pain and cramps that I get would be over and I'm sure it will, but right now I'm not to happy with things. I want to eat sooo bad and when I drink water I'm already full. I too get bored because I can****ch T.V\movies with the family because they are all eating popcorn and I cant. I cook good meals for them and I hear them say" wow this is good" and yet I cant taste it. I just sit with my SF pops. And wish that I could It. I went from eating3,000 cal. a day to water.lol I mean I think God for the surgery, but I really did'nt think that it would be this HARD. Its really HARD. I do wish you the best girl, I know what your going thru. But Is there another reason you wanting the reversal? are you feeling sick or what? God Bless Rosie

Sorry you are not feeling well. I wish you much health and strength to endur this trial. Remember - Joshua 1.5 I will never leave you or forsake you. Genesis 28:15 I am with you and will watch over you whever you go. Isaiah 49:16 I have engraved you on the palms of my hand You may walk through the valley of death but he will comfort you. I hope this helps....

Leslie, Before you make an informed decision on which surgery to have, PLEASE make sure to investigate all procedures to include ALL of the complications that can occur for ALL surgeries. That being said, I'de like to answer some of your questions regarding the Lap-Band. I do believe you should hear from those who have had unfortunate experiences but also from those who are successful with the band as well. Also, upon doing your research make sure you visit the memory board and take note of how many of those are a result of RNY vs. other surgeries. If a patient is going to hear the good and the bad....they need to hear/read it all. First let me say that with any weight-loss surgery there are guidelines that have to be followed. I truly do believe upon hearing Vanessa's unfortunate story...while she has done nothing wrong, he surgeon most definately has. He apparently gave her fills, OBVIOUS even to other band patients that she was NOT ready for. HE scheduled her fills verses her calling to request appt's when she felt the need for one. That is a no, no. ONLY the patient knows when a fill is needed and we are ALL different as to when that time comes and how much of a fill is needed depending on how much we can consume and how it feels when it's going down to the stoma. The first fill usually isn't needed until AT LEAST six weeks out. When it's given, it needs to be a small one. (some surgeons are fill happy and have a desire to give a larger fill, and this is when it's VITAL that the patient let it be KNOWN that THEY are in charge of what they need.) While it is true that it often times takes anywhere from 3 to 6 fills for a patient to arrive at proper restriction....CONSTANT fills are not needed. Once a patient reaches the right restriction level for their personal satisfaction while being able to consume normal portions...only occasional visits to see the dr. are needed (every 3 to 6 months) Second stage foods are creamy soups such as tomato soup with milk, cream of chicken, cream of mushroom. Mushy stage consist of foods like cottage cheese, refried beans, ricotta cheese with sauce. These stages allow for post-op swelling to subside while you heal from surgery. Mushy stage foods should be mastered BEFORE a patient gets a fill and no sooner than six weeks post-op. As for pb'ing. That comes from either rushing for fills and getting too much at a time, not chewing your food well enough, taking too large of a bite OR eating quickly. If these things are avoided.....pb's will most likely not be part of a band patients life. (I'm nine months out, never pb'd and I've lost 62 pounds as of today while maintaining proper nutrition, because with a band the patient does NOT have malabsorbtion problems) ANY weight loss surgery can be cheated. RNY patients largest complaint assuming their surgery has no complications (leakages which can kill the patient, dehydration, malabsorbtion to a point of malnourishment) is that once they reach 18 months post op, the weight loss often times ceases and they begin to gain back their weight. The stomach may be cut to the size of a thumb but, it most definately can be stretched back out to the same size pre-op. I attended a local weight loss support group just last week where 95% of the patients were RNY and out of those, almost all of them have begun to have weight gain issues. While with the band, you CAN gain weight if your not properly restricted, with proper restriction along with EXERCISE, the weightloss is ALWAYS maintainable. With either surgery however it is also VITAL that the patient understand and take very seriously the fact that these surgeries are offered as TOOLS to aide us in getting our eating disorders under control. What they ARE NOT, is a fix-all. We have to do the actual work, meaning watching what we eat, exercising, and getting our emotional eating under control even if that means seeking therapy for the REAL, underlying issues. This is the one important factor that most weight loss patients refuse to acknowlege and accept. The band doesn't fail us......we fail the band by not acknowleging that there are certain things that MUST be addressed....to include a pushy surgeon or the need for therapy and following the band guidelines. And the same goes for RNY....... In closing I want to say, whatever surgery we chose, it must be a personal choice. But please understand that what works for one may not for another and no matter what you read, no matter how much you research.....there is NEGATIVE and POSITIVE regarding all of the surgeries Best wishes. Kay AKA: Miss Losin Lot's 62 pounds... gone forever.

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