Fear

 Naomi!!!! Your head is either in the sand or up your ass.

Sorry, I've listened to your bull-crap for too long.  I had a HUGE amount of faith in my band and I worked it according to the rules better anyone.  At the slightest HINT of being too tight I went in to have an unfill. I worked through the liquid, mushies, and solid food incorporation every time this happened.  In fact, according to your own posts, I had less interaction with my band port than you did. I leaned towards less restriction for safety reasons in my Lap-Band decisions and it STILL had a prolapse.  

You try to over simplify the complications of the band and constantly blame former bandsters for the failures of the band and that is complete bull****  You are far too assumptive of how people's band experiences were because you are DEAD SET that the band can't ever be the problem. 

In a LOT of people the band is NOT consistent with it's restriction. In emergency cases you may NOT be able to get your band opened in all ERs. The band CAN MOST ASSUREDLY tighten ON IT'S OWN without a fill and possibly tighten to the point where you have too much restriction when completely unfilled.

That's not me trying to scare people, that is a truth that CAN happen with a band. There is a reason that the revision board is FILLED with people revising FROM the band to a different surgery and it's not because they all tried to stuff chicken breast through a band that was too tight.

~Naomi!!!! Your head is either in the sand or up your ass.~

I vote for the latter! ;-)

Bear,

I just can not comprehend what is so hard to understand about the risks of having a device that changes your whole digestive process just by being there.  It is not meant to be there.  Humans evolved millions of years without any such device interfering with their consumption of food.

It is not like any other device that aims to restore a normal function like a knee replacement.  Even those types of things cause problems.  There is a big lawsuit right now concerning hip replacement.

It is a foreign invader that most bodies will work to reject over time.

Any weightloss surgery whose number 1 rule is to eat solid protein and then makes it near impossible to do so, is not going to work over the long term!!!  This is not the WLS patients fault.  It is the fault of a really bad idea for weight loss.

I felt like I was sick all of the time when I had the band.  There was a low grade sick feeling that zapped my energy.  In addition, I felt the effects of the band directly.  I had a sore raw throat, pain in my sternum and port pain.  I don't care what the reason was.  My body just was not capable of adjusting to the band under any cir****tances. 

Empty or filled to the max, my band made my life miserable.

 . . . when the honeymoon is over dumping is still there, can't drink social drinks without fainting . . .

Where do you get this crap from? I'm 2 1/2 years out and I don't dump anymore at all. . .and I've never, ever fainted from having a "social drink". Geez, why not tell her that RNY causes pregnancy in some while you're at it? 

Ok...why don't surgeons rewrite the gastric bypass literature that LISTS DUMPING SYNDROME AS A POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECT  THAT LASTS FOREVER? Are you suggesting DUMPING SYNDROMES IS NOT A SIDE EFFECT OF EATING SUGAR OR SOME CARBS?  YOU NEED TO QUIT LYING....if you don't dump anymore that is great...I have FAMILY MEMBERS and friends that had the bypass and they STILL DUMP...some did not dump until years later....

You make it sound as if ALL RnY patients dump, and dump forever. That is simply not true. Some RnY patients dump. Some RnY patients that dump may dump forever, many do not. And I don't know what "gastric bypass literature" you're talking about as each surgeon produces their own literature on this procedure as it is not a particular "product" (as is the case with the Lap Band (a product of Allergan) or the Realize Band (a product of Johnson & Johnson)). 

And what the hell was that comment about RnY patients fainting from a social drink?  You're killing me here!!

Since you put it that way....set forth today  all Lap band haters declare RNY as being a none dumping weight loss surgery that has NO RISKS and is the safest weight loss surgery that guarantees a life time of long lasting weight loss with no effort or exercise...are you happy now ?

Edited to add: I know someone that personally fainted from drinking...also MANY have complained about alcohol addiction since they had RNY, something about their bodies absorb more alcohol than they did pre op and many get addicted or they can't drink it....

I'm not a Band hater. I don't tell anyone which surgery, if any, to choose. I just have a problem when anyone makes sweeping, and ignorant, statements about anything which may remotely impact someone's health. 

I had my RNY nearly 7 years ago and I am not miserable.  Far from it.  I have maintained a 115 pound weightloss.  I am no longer hypertensive.  My knees and back no longer hurt 24/7/365.  I am off ALL pre-op prescription medications.  I no longer dump and I can eat whatever the hell I want.  I stopped drinking alcohol more than a decade before my RNY, so I don't know if I would faint if I drank socially, or not.  But, I have been around many RNYers while they enjoyed an adult beverage and none of them ever fainted.  Where the **** did you get that piece of wisdom???

Bowel obstructions and hernias are a complication of ANY abdominal surgery.  How do I know this???  I am a nurse and have to go over surgical complications with patients all the time.  Anyone can get an ulcer.

I didn't give up being healthy when I elected to have my RNY.  I got healthy after I lost 100% of my excess weight.

You really are a tool.