Hello.  I posted this on the other forum as well.  I am having my band and gall bladder removed in two weeks.  Has anyone done these two procedures together?    I have had a lot of problems with my band; from throwing up daily, to pouch dilation, to slippage.  I am happy to have it removed but want to get beyond this surgery so bad.  I went to a new surgeon who ordered testing that found the gall stones.  I will have my surgery done outpatient, which I am not crazy about.  Anyone been through this? Sondra

anyone her having seizures even though your lab work is normal? what did your surgeon say? TIA  Sophia

You symptoms sound like mine...What ever happened?  Did you also have back pain with it? Please let me know... Ive had 4 CT scans and NOTHING shows up! Thanks Stacey

Thanks for the connection to quix.com -

I'm just a few weeks short of 5 years out.  Lost 110 pounds, got to goal weight, felt great.  Ran smack into menopause and gained 25 pounds in 5 months, which has now climbed to +40 pounds.  Have been having hypoglycemia problems for maybe 18 months, but did not have diabetes or blood sugar problems at my highest preop weight.  The way mine seems to occur is if I eat something with too much sugar, and though I'm usually pretty careful about knowing that 3-4 bites of something sweet is ok, but 5-6 isn't, I will usually dump and I know that feeling.  Then, about an hour after dumping, which is caused by the sugars dumping too fast into the digestive tract and into the blood stream, my sugar will plummet, causing me to be lightheaded, shaky, nervous.  Happened in a grocery store once, was trying to shop and couldn't read any of the packaging, the words and letters just didn't make sense.  I staggered (probably looked drunk) to the candy area and had a couple of small candy bars, which seemed to reverse it.   That was the worst attack I can remember.  My attacks actually can also be caused by too much carbs, as in pancakes with sugar-free syrup, or really greasy food.  With the grocery store incident, I had had an egg, piece of bacon and toast for breakfast at a greasy spoon place that my family frequents every Saturday morning.  I've had more than one reaction after eating there, so I've since decided to eat before going and just enjoy the company.   Anyway, I've done a little reading and attended an informational seminar on StomaphyX, which one of the bariatric surgeons (not mine) in the area is going to start performing.  I'm considering this for 2 reasons -  hopefully to help me lose some or all of the 40 pounds I've regained, and also because it seems to have the effect of improving or curing reactive hypoglycemia in some patients.  Still just considering it, but even if it helped with just the hypoglycemia, it might be worh it.  Anyone have any experience with StomaphyX helping hypoglycemia?  Thanks!