failed band question

Do most people with a failed band regain or chose another wls? Are their some that get the band removed and still maintain their weight loss?

I regained and revised. When the band was not working, it was as difficult to maintain weight loss as it was pre-op, for me.

Lindsey

I would have liked to revise, but I had too much damage. It's been 6 years and I'm kinda sorta thinking about the sleeve at this point, but it's a scary proposition for me. And my family isn't too thrilled about the idea, either.

I maintained for about 2 years and then quit smoking, had a hysterectomy and had to take steroids for 6 months... the weight piled back on, for the most part.

BUT, since I had the band removed, I can breathe again and am not in constant agony, so I have to look at the bright side.

I haven't had mine removed but I did have it emptied because it kept tightening. So far I'm within a 5 lb. range at 2 mos. out from unfilling the band. I really have to watch close tho, I can't just go crazy because I'm unfilled. I'd liked to revise but it's not in the picture right now so I do what I can.

 Of the people I know who lost their band/had it removed and didn't revise to anything, I think most of them regained.

Thanks

I had my band un filled six weeks ago and it has been hard but not impossible to continue to lose I have learned a lot about nutrition and continue to eat like a bandster with low carb no sugar I have lost 10 pounds since my unfill and am sure I will continue till reach my goal of 20 more . I feel better than I have in a long time with my band unfilled

A person I know lost her band after losing 200 lbs.  Well she reained 100 lbs the first year after the band was removed.  I hope I don't lose my band.  I might exercise a lot but I would eat so much that the exercise wouldn't help.

 I lost my band a little over a week ago, I am scheudaled for revision in early Sept. I know for a fact that I would regain all of my weight if I did not revise to another surgery. 

I know I am going to prolly make some people mad,  BUT when I read these forms and read about regain and fails.  You never see the questions asked as to WHY did it fail?   I know a lot of people who have band, and I know of only one truly FAILED band, and that was because it wouldn’t take solution.  To me that is a failed band, most of the others out there that say there band failed.   Here are the questions I would like answered.

Did you follow your eating protocol?
  NO breads/Pastas
  Eat slowly
  Do not Graze

Do you exercises like your suppose to?

Do you drink your water?

Do you still drink soda?

Did your TOOL Fail you or did you NOT use your TOOL correctly!

Hey, we all fall off the band at one time or another,   I am not saying that the band is perfect nor am I saying that its installed correctly, all I am saying is most of the time it seems that when the person fails they have to have some excuse because they don’t want to face the fact that it really was not the band that failed it was THEM that failed!

Sorry, I don’t post out here but I do read, and every now and again I find a topic that I have to say something on.  

IF my band failed I would redo it!  I am happy with my band, but I use my band as a TOOL, not as a FIX all!

 

Steve
Chin up Smile on!

Banded Feb 25^th 2010
Down 172lbs to date