Concidering Lap-Band Surgery
Please do not ask a surgeon what surgery to get, remember they have profit motive when advising patients
They may in the US! This poster is in Canada where, as in the UK, the Govt pays!
Kate
They may in the US! This poster is in Canada where, as in the UK, the Govt pays!
Kate
Highest 290, Banded - 248 Lowest 139 (too thin!). Comfort zone 155-165.
Happily banded since May 2006. Regain of 28lbs 2013-14. ALL GONE!
But some has returned! Up to 175, argh! Off we go again,
Sorry to gatecrash the lapband forum but today I made goal and I'd like to tell this poster about it so she doesn't make a mistake regarding her future.
My sister had the lapband. After 6 months it slipped up and the port flipped over and when the surgeon was in removing it he discovered multiple adhesion's and erosion's that if left would have perforated her stomach and led to sepsis and possibly death. My sister was used to feeling ****ty with the band due to vomiting and reflux that she didn't realise what she was experiencing wasn't normal. Not all band folk have this issue but there are a fair old portion that have complications let me assure you.
You have a very high BMI and as such your body works differently in using energy, in metabolising fats and in regulation of hormones. You need a metabolic surgery in order to be 100% successful other wise you're still going to suffer insulin resistance, thyroid dysfunction and a sluggish and hard fought weight loss.
For me...I was done fighting every moment of every day with my food addiction. I could tell you how many calories were in a bar of soap. I had gained and lost and gained 168lbs twice and have rocketed up another 168lbs in a year when finally I decided I just couldn't tolerate the hellish life I'd made. I couldn't move with the pain of my hips. I was 38 at the time, and about 348-350lbs. (I refused to weigh myself and even if I wanted to there were no scales locally that could). At the time of surgery I was 341lbs after dieting.
I chose the DS after knowing that my compulsive eating disorder meant every other form of surgery would be undone by me behavioral problems around food. I knew I'd eat my way back up with the RNY, I'd stretch out my stomach with the VSG and I'd destroy my lapband within the first 9 months and land myself in surgery again. The DS was the only life long option that would guard against my subversive behaviors. If I could break a surgery I would have. Today I reached my goal and I weigh 165lbs. I eat whatever the **** I want but am religious about my vites and protein. I must eat a minimum of 100grams of protein a day to avoid malnutrition. I malabsorb fats and carbs and that has helped me reach goal. Also my mania around food has utterly gone. I mean utterly gone! This is the first time in my entire life that I've not bee driven by food.
I suggest you go and look into ALL types of surgery but know that the lapband is not a tool for the super morbidly obese unless you want to set yourself up for failure. I am guessing at your weight you already have a critical little voice in your head (like I did) telling you you'll fail at this as well. Perhaps it is time not to accept that.
The success in bariatric surgery is knowing what tools will work with what patients. Being a life long compulsive eater there is no point in me looking to purely restrictive surgery because in time it will fade and old behaviours can reassert themselves easily. I'm guessing you got where you are now due to similar processes???
Here have some photo*****age while I'm at it.
Big Fat arse in purple and my darling David:
You can tell me does my bum look big in this? My thighs were a size 30 to 32 and it was like dragging about a person on each leg.
Yeh wearing balck makes me look slimmer right?
1 year later I've lost about 180lbs WITHOUT ANY EFFORT AT ALL. Sorry but its true I've done **** all and eaten whatever I wanted when ever I wanted with no calorie counting or shame or guilt. I did try carb counting for a few days but gave up and ate a packet of crisps.
1month before reaching goal and my first size 10 jeans ever in my life!
Ok I do look like a melted person though....
And yesterday diggin in the garden, David took this through the window and I didn't know who it was on account of having normal looking legs rather than huge swinging rolls of fat.
Get thee to the DS forum and do some research!
www.obesityhelp.com/forums/ds/
I will now return you to your regular programming.
My sister had the lapband. After 6 months it slipped up and the port flipped over and when the surgeon was in removing it he discovered multiple adhesion's and erosion's that if left would have perforated her stomach and led to sepsis and possibly death. My sister was used to feeling ****ty with the band due to vomiting and reflux that she didn't realise what she was experiencing wasn't normal. Not all band folk have this issue but there are a fair old portion that have complications let me assure you.
You have a very high BMI and as such your body works differently in using energy, in metabolising fats and in regulation of hormones. You need a metabolic surgery in order to be 100% successful other wise you're still going to suffer insulin resistance, thyroid dysfunction and a sluggish and hard fought weight loss.
For me...I was done fighting every moment of every day with my food addiction. I could tell you how many calories were in a bar of soap. I had gained and lost and gained 168lbs twice and have rocketed up another 168lbs in a year when finally I decided I just couldn't tolerate the hellish life I'd made. I couldn't move with the pain of my hips. I was 38 at the time, and about 348-350lbs. (I refused to weigh myself and even if I wanted to there were no scales locally that could). At the time of surgery I was 341lbs after dieting.
I chose the DS after knowing that my compulsive eating disorder meant every other form of surgery would be undone by me behavioral problems around food. I knew I'd eat my way back up with the RNY, I'd stretch out my stomach with the VSG and I'd destroy my lapband within the first 9 months and land myself in surgery again. The DS was the only life long option that would guard against my subversive behaviors. If I could break a surgery I would have. Today I reached my goal and I weigh 165lbs. I eat whatever the **** I want but am religious about my vites and protein. I must eat a minimum of 100grams of protein a day to avoid malnutrition. I malabsorb fats and carbs and that has helped me reach goal. Also my mania around food has utterly gone. I mean utterly gone! This is the first time in my entire life that I've not bee driven by food.
I suggest you go and look into ALL types of surgery but know that the lapband is not a tool for the super morbidly obese unless you want to set yourself up for failure. I am guessing at your weight you already have a critical little voice in your head (like I did) telling you you'll fail at this as well. Perhaps it is time not to accept that.
The success in bariatric surgery is knowing what tools will work with what patients. Being a life long compulsive eater there is no point in me looking to purely restrictive surgery because in time it will fade and old behaviours can reassert themselves easily. I'm guessing you got where you are now due to similar processes???
Here have some photo*****age while I'm at it.
Big Fat arse in purple and my darling David:
You can tell me does my bum look big in this? My thighs were a size 30 to 32 and it was like dragging about a person on each leg.
Yeh wearing balck makes me look slimmer right?
1 year later I've lost about 180lbs WITHOUT ANY EFFORT AT ALL. Sorry but its true I've done **** all and eaten whatever I wanted when ever I wanted with no calorie counting or shame or guilt. I did try carb counting for a few days but gave up and ate a packet of crisps.
1month before reaching goal and my first size 10 jeans ever in my life!
Ok I do look like a melted person though....
And yesterday diggin in the garden, David took this through the window and I didn't know who it was on account of having normal looking legs rather than huge swinging rolls of fat.
Get thee to the DS forum and do some research!
www.obesityhelp.com/forums/ds/
I will now return you to your regular programming.
RIP Mickie aka Happychick. You will be missed deeply.
!
I would have sworn you were around my age or younger! (early 30's, mid-late 20's).
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