64 fills and a few unfills in 5 years - Is this excessive?

I just got my medical records released and It was tiring going through all the fills and few unfills, two of the complete unfills were warrantied, due to the first one was being too tight and a mild dilated pouch in 2006 after a long car trip, and the second total unfill was in 2008 with my emergency hernia surgery. This was much ulgier than I thought, I was thinking I had about 40 fills it was actually 24 more, I had lost count.

Have any one else had near this many fills do you think something is dreadfully wrong with these many fills?

And the very very sad part I have NO restriction 4 weeks ago recent fill, had more when I went in that I do now.

I'm almost at 2 years post op. I've had I think 6 fills and 1 unfill. You tell me?

I smell class action..... Have you yet contacted some legal counsel on this?

Aaargh!  Tiff, I wish you hadn't said that.  If you had been dealing with the OP as long as some of us have, you'd see that "class action" and "legal counsel" are exactly the words she wants to hear, when actually what's really indicated is psychiatric treatment.

Jean

Let's see:

64 fills + 2 unfills= 66 doctor's visits
banded for 67 months

and we should believe this story? It's sad to see stuff like this here. The post is in line with other "Nana" or " Naomi"(old name)  posts.

Myra dear I really don't know you...If you think you are sneakily exposing me, I got my medical records and paperwork to backup EVERTHING I am saying, I don't lie sweetie I just tell it like it is  ...This post was NOT GEARED FOR HATEFUL SPITEFUL WOMEN HERE...Why in the hell would I lie and say I've had 64 fills? IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME WHY WASTE YOUR NASTY SPITEFUL RESPONSE IN MY POST to poll others?
 
I did not know I had that many fills until I asked for my records and counted them, and YES I've actually had MORE doctor visits than that, I have a few visits where I did not get a fill, I've had visits where I had other issues going that did not require a fill, why do you feel the NEED to come here when you give absolutely NO support here to the newbies or anyone else for that matter, if you gave so much support why are you here to try to discredit something that I've been a victim.

Witch haven't you heard if you can't say nice things, your or Know the facts keep your  "freaking stupid DUMB MOUTH SHUT?

Hi Jean...I read a couple of her old posts.  Maybe this is why she posted this one...
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from Nana:   Good morning....

Well I've been having pain all  over my body since last week, and I had to go to Urgent Care and they gave me some pain pills and anti inflammatory and that has helped, so I am not going to exercise today I hope to be back by the middle of the week, also to top things off I have absolutely NO restriction in my band after a recent fill -- I thought I had restriction but that was just swelling after the fill and I even lost 5 pounds that week because of my walking and eating less, I have less restriction now that when I went in.....

I am getting my band checked and changing doctors to see what's going on, I've learned from another doctors office  my current doctor has been scamming his band patients to keep the numbers low and manipulating adjustments to keep charging his patients, I DO know he favors RNY, it cost more than the band, but I had NO Idea he hated the band this much to sabotage his patients, I really liked my surgeon but I had to report to him to Allergan two years ago because of my suspicions but after my complaint I mysteriously got restriction and lost down to my lowest weight but then I had to have an emergency unfill back in 2008 for hernia surgery and it was back to the same ole scam unfill refill from being either too tight or too loose....When my band is tighten I lose about 2-5 pounds per week with brisk walking, I can't lose weight right now because I feel like I never had surgery and I get hungry and my meals are too large to lose weight, I had some restriction when I went to get a fill now I have none, I will have this other doctors office check to see if they gave me an unfill instead of a fill,  am so mad words can't describe.

No wonder I've had to keep getting fills every month for the last 4 years IF I want to lose weight, most of my weight loss has been from being too tight and I could not keep a too tight but only 3 weeks and I would suck all the weight loss from that and then give in to an unfill this has been going on for 4 years, too tight or too loose.

Anyway enough rambling for me, how will you move today?

Have a great day
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Looks like the OP may be heading in that direction...

Jean, FYI, I don't really NEED to collect money sweetie, I am very financial stable and don't need to try to swindle anyone out of money UNLIKE YOU WHO sits on this forum and try to sell products and books to very very venerable people HOW STUPID CAN YOU GET...THAT IS WHAT GOOGLE IS FOR...why would they need to give you money for something they can google on the internet ,I can google you are a very evil evil sneaky MEAN WOMAN, I've been hurt here, why would I exaggerate something like this...you've got some nerve woman.....the reason I've had SO MANY FILLS IS THE FREAKING SALINE LEAKS OUT EVERY FEW MONTHS...YEA THAT'S WHY I CALLED ALLERGAN TWO YEARS AGO...SINCE YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO LIFE AND CAN REMEMBER ALL MY POSTS, YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT...What are you trying to turn people against me? WITH LIES, I can't believe anyone would even pay attention to you...

Problem is I am a very honest and caring person, I don't get on here and lie and pretend when I gained weight back, I am honest about everything I do, I know it's hard for someone like you to believe, since you have sinister motives for you post and why didn't you show pics of yourself after your weight gain? Or could that put a damper on your book sales....give me a freaking break you are the worse kind....

My weight loss has been done the RIGHT WAY through exercise and eating properly when I have some restriction, Yes I work my band, but it has cost me a WHOLE LOTTA MONEY for every pound....

You are a very very jealous hearted mean spirited women who try to appear to be very very helpful and calm to the newbies here where you can suck money from them, hopefully they are smart enough to see through you.

Dear Naomi,

Well, I see you've gotten your wish: a lot of attention and an excuse to have a temper tantrum.

I'm paying OH several thousand dollars to advertise my band book.  If you doubt that, you could try calling their advertising manager.

If you Google me, all you will find is that I am a published author...which is exactly how I've represented myself since joining OH. 

If you Google adjustable gastric band or any questions related to the AGB, you will get 1,929,34****s, 1,929,344 which are garbage.  And because the internet is rife with opinion and misinformation, I had my band book vetted by a bariatric surgeon who not only verified my accuracy, he wrote a foreword for the book praising and recommending it.

It's quite possible that you know more about the band than I do.  Lots of people do.  But unlike you, I'm a writer who knows how to explain things clearly.

I have in fact posted photos of myself since  my weight gain, both in forum posts and in my OH blog.  But you probably missed those posts because they weren't titled using your HEY LOOK AT ME AREN'T I HOT style.  When I post photos of myself, it's for instruction or inspiration, not for attention getting.

Cordially yours,
The Evil *****

OMG this is so pointless. I like others sign on to get advice or to become more motivated but to get this crap! Listen Ladies I read all the post fully and Jean maybe you should not have replied the way you did. As much as I hate to say so( but you started this tangle of whatever it is) with the first negative post so if someone did or didn't have mental illness by the time they read your reply they would have reacted the same way Nana did. Just step out of the situation and go from the beginning of this post and maybe if you are really the bigger person you will see where this all came from this time.

None of us are doctors this site is for us to lean and connect with someone going
through what we are going through but not to degrade or post negative comments.

Thank you!! It's really really sad how mentally ILL some women on this site is....they will even try to think you are ill too, Some of them too the time to dig up a post from last year, I am assuming it took about 30- 1 hour to do this...HOW SICK is this...I think the marjority of them have had band slips no weight loss, husbands left them, no real career or lost their jobs, and they will attack anyone that is normal or have the potential for success., this board is their lifeline and if anyone else gets any type of attention it apparently threatens them..I did not realize women these days were so catty mean spiritied and jealous hearted kind of reminds you of high school days..but most of these women are senior citizens what makes it even sad.

Thank you for seeing through all the smoke and many blessing to you.