Another thing that ****** me off a little

At my appointment Tuesday the 13th, I weighed in at 20 lbs less than my presurgery appointment November 29th.  The doctor said my weight loss was good.  Hello, my weight loss is based on starvation and dehydration.  I am living on water and an occasional bit of juice.  I am an enforced anorexic and he thinks my weight loss is good?  I said replied to that, "Who knew, all you had to do is not eat".

That is EXACTLY how I lost 100 pounds with the band... couldn't eat solid foods AT ALL.
I was considered "successful" due to this. However, the chronic pain and the absolute inability to eat solid foods wasn't even factored into the equation.

It's NOT good, Bexie. I became anemic and malnourished. And I don't want that for you.

Maybe you need to speak to another surgeon?  I waited 6 months to find a different surgeon... and by that time, I was about to kick the bucket. DON'T make the mistake I did, please.

This is the sad thing. Many ppl think the band "works" b/c they see some bandsters losing weight after they get banded. What they don't take in is that some fo them only lose b/c of frequent vomiting, or inability to get things down.  There are others that just diet, or exercise and the band has not contributed to their weight loss, but everyone ASSumes b/c they lost weight after getting a band that their band is a "success" b/c of this.

Yeah, it's VERY damaging and harmful.  I could have lost weight by becoming a hostage or going on a starvation diet... which is exactly what I did with the band.  

But, I lost weight... success!  Of course, I also ended up with a completely damaged body that is causing me huge amounts of distress. But I was thin for a couple of years. And, apparently that's all that matters to some doctors.

And with all your complications the and almost killed you. You would have been a skinny corpse though. ANOTHER LAP-BAND SUCCESS!

 What an idiot! The doc, not you!!

However this is resolved, my very best wishes. Kate

YOU HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS TO BE PISSED OFF AT THE DOC, I LOST 20+ POUNDS THE FIRST MONTH WITHOUT GOING THRU WHAT UR GOING THRU.. GET ANOTHER SURGEON ASAP AND FIND OUT WHATS GOING ON THIS DUDE MIGHT NOT BE FOCUSING ON THE ISSUE AND RIGHT NOW THE ISSUE IS NOT THE WEIGHT!!!!

GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS!!!

~I said replied to that, "Who knew, all you had to do is not eat".~

Lol. That sounds like what I would say!

The last time I was too tight I lost 5 pounds in 5 days on the Lap-Band throw up diet. :-(

I am 90% right now thinking I am going to just have it out. This worrying is not worth it.

Please don't take this as an "I told you so" post, b/c it's not intended that way! I will admit I expected you to have problems with the band eventually b/c almost everyone does. However I NEVER expected your problems to start this soon! :-( You have been through hell with it. I know your husband has one also, but I know of several band couples where one does well and the other either doesn't get restriction, or has complications. Hope things work out for you in the long run.