Ready for Lap Band
PBing IS THROWING UP it will cause you to slip your band and I personally dont know one bandster that does not do it ! ( Im sure someone will come on here and say they dont )
My surgeon charged $250-$500 for fills for the first year or so they were always under flouro so they were $500 ! That plays a HUGE factor in going to the doc esp if your having problems and you cant afford it .
Read the good , the bad , the ugly and the truth about my lap band journey !
I got the lap band to improve my quality of life. Because I have PCOS ( Poly Cystic ovarian syndrome ) and migraines I am at greater risk of things like stroke, diabetes and high blood pressure as it is. Being over weight adds to that. So I wanted the band to reduce that risk BEFORE anything bad happened to me. I am a mother of 2 boys who need me . After I first got the band things were great, I could eat what i wanted, just smaller portions and occasionally threw up after eating too much , or so I thought .. I even changed the way I ate, what i ate , i felt better so I ate better. I was , as you can ask my doctor , the model patient, i did everything I was suppose to (with the expectation of working out and that lesson has been learned trust me ) Eventually what I ate seemed to come back up more often , But after losing 125 pounds I thought I was doing ok.
At a year out a slipped my band , that is where my stomach comes up through the band and can potentially be very serious. After it corrected it self I gained some weight ... It slipped again , more weight gain .
I was then told my band had scar tissue build up around it and I could no longer get the fills I needed to lose the weight the opening to my stomach would be closed off it was filled again . That was around 2-3 yrs ago .
As time has gone on I have slowly gotten worse. You see because of where the scar tissue is I still have " restriction" Meaning , I am still limited on what i eat , so things like steak, pork, chicken , solid proteins wont go down . The food literally sits on top of my band until it gets either pushed through , which is very painful , or it comes back up . If I throw up too much, my stomach swells and eating any form of solid food is impossible for several days. So i have to go to liquids, milk shakes, protein shakes , mash potatoes things like that. Those type of things are high in calorie and cause me to gain weight , but what other choices do i have ? Broth, water ? Yeah those fill you up ?? NOT !
So my day goes like this ...
Breakfast: Protein shake cause eating in the morning is nearly impossible. That's if I can get it to go down if I cant and anything comes back up then its liquids for me the entire rest of the day
Lunch: I try to eat something semi solid but I usually end up eating soup
Dinner: Some times a salad works but most evenings I throw up my dinner several times over and end up in pain from the swelling . By that time liquids hurt to go down ...
NOW that leads me to my "other issues"
Joint pain
Fatigue
body aches
head aches
My teeth are deteriorating because of how much I throw up
Cold feet
cold hands
numb feet
cysts on my feet
numb hands
You see they are finding out now that people who have had bands for several years are developing auto immune disorders like Fibromyalgia .. Problem ? Docs done believe it yet .. So no doc will help me out . With out insurance I cant get proper diagnoses . You can read more about that stuff here .
I am now 20 or so pounds away from my original start weight before surgery . That's right I have gained nearly ALL My weight back . And at the rate I am going by next month or so I will exceed the 250 pounds i was before my surgery .
PLEASE PLEASE Reconsider the band !
Read the good , the bad , the ugly and the truth about my lap band journey !
on 7/9/12 12:09 pm
Hi Mottsy,
My best advice is to clearly understand your insurance and the revision clauses. I originally had the lap band for 5 years and it suddenly slipped.....almost killed me and I was within 3 days of dying at 46.
I fought my insurance for 7 months to get them to pay for the Rny. Fought because of the one surgery in a lifetime clause which is now included in many polices. They finally agreed and I can honestly say that I wish that I had never had the band.
I originally chose the band because it was the "least invasive." Well, 2 surgeries later I can tell you that is definitely NOT the least invasive.
Please choose wisely dear.
OKAY, ONE MORE POST FOR ALL THE SLEEVE MEMBERS WHO THINK YOUR SURGERY IS BETTER THAN THE BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I DID A LITTLE STUDYING JUST FOR YOU!
You love your sleeve so you can eat better, than when you were banded. Which is easier to stretch your stomach which is one of the failures listed below! Isn't the reason we have WLS and put our lives on the line is too eat less? (SOME revision members admit to losing most of or all of their weight with their band before they got their sleeve! So the weight lost is credited to the band!) (NOT ALL (SOME) SO DON'T TELL ME LATER THAT I HAVE THE WRONG INFORMATION)
Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. Here we go again just what we need weight regain after all we went through!
FAILURE DOES HAPPEN TO THE SLEEVE ALSO, SEE ARTICLE BELOW THE TWO MAIN REASONS ARE:
Failure after Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy may be caused by a couple of different factors.
- If a stomach has been stretched, re-sleeving of the stomach may be a sufficient revision procedure.
- Other individuals may require the addition of metabolic and malabsorptive aspects to compliment Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy. Procedures such as the Duodenal Switch and Ileal Transposition may be appropriate.
Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. The tube of the stomach may stretch in a manner that is not uniform, resulting in portions of the stomach tube being larger than others. This can cause the stomach to become shaped like an hourglass, where both the upstream and downstream portions of the stomach are large, but they are separated by a portion of the stomach that is fairly narrow. While eating may not increase as a result of a stretched stomach tube, it may cause uncomfortable and/or disordered eating. Depending on the volume of food a patient consumes at each meal and the symptoms they have, there are a couple of revision options that all result in food flowing more directly through the stomach.
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) Revision Surgery
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Although Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) is effective for many patients, some do not lose adequate weight, therefore revision weight loss surgery may be needed to cause additional weight loss. Failure after Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy may be caused by a couple of different factors.
Most revision operations are higher risk than the first time a weight loss surgery procedure is performed. Revision of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy to Duodenal Switch actually carries with it less risk than performing the Duodenal Switch in a single operation for the first time. This is possible due to the fact that Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy is one portion of the Duodenal Switch procedure. When converting to Duodenal Switch from Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy, a significant piece of the operation has already been performed. This results in a smaller surgical procedure than performing the Duodenal Switch all at once. Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. The tube of the stomach may stretch in a manner that is not uniform, resulting in portions of the stomach tube being larger than others. This can cause the stomach to become shaped like an hourglass, where both the upstream and downstream portions of the stomach are large, but they are separated by a portion of the stomach that is fairly narrow. While eating may not increase as a result of a stretched stomach tube, it may cause uncomfortable and/or disordered eating. Depending on the volume of food a patient consumes at each meal and the symptoms they have, there are a couple of revision options that all result in food flowing more directly through the stomach. |
SORRY:) If this is going on too long! Just want anyone who is considering the sleeve or lapband have all the facts on both surgery's so they can make up their on mind.
Nance
OKAY, ONE MORE POST FOR ALL THE SLEEVE MEMBERS WHO THINK YOUR SURGERY IS BETTER THAN THE BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I DID A LITTLE STUDYING JUST FOR YOU!
You love your sleeve so you can eat better, than when you were banded. Which is easier to stretch your stomach which is one of the failures listed below! Isn't the reason we have WLS and put our lives on the line is too eat less? (SOME revision members admit to losing most of or all of their weight with their band before they got their sleeve! So the weight lost is credited to the band!) (NOT ALL (SOME) SO DON'T TELL ME LATER THAT I HAVE THE WRONG INFORMATION)
Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. Here we go again just what we need weight regain after all we went through!
FAILURE DOES HAPPEN TO THE SLEEVE ALSO, SEE ARTICLE BELOW THE TWO MAIN REASONS ARE:
Failure after Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy may be caused by a couple of different factors.
- If a stomach has been stretched, re-sleeving of the stomach may be a sufficient revision procedure.
- Other individuals may require the addition of metabolic and malabsorptive aspects to compliment Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy. Procedures such as the Duodenal Switch and Ileal Transposition may be appropriate.
Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. The tube of the stomach may stretch in a manner that is not uniform, resulting in portions of the stomach tube being larger than others. This can cause the stomach to become shaped like an hourglass, where both the upstream and downstream portions of the stomach are large, but they are separated by a portion of the stomach that is fairly narrow. While eating may not increase as a result of a stretched stomach tube, it may cause uncomfortable and/or disordered eating. Depending on the volume of food a patient consumes at each meal and the symptoms they have, there are a couple of revision options that all result in food flowing more directly through the stomach.
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) Revision Surgery
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Although Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) is effective for many patients, some do not lose adequate weight, therefore revision weight loss surgery may be needed to cause additional weight loss. Failure after Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy may be caused by a couple of different factors.
Most revision operations are higher risk than the first time a weight loss surgery procedure is performed. Revision of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy to Duodenal Switch actually carries with it less risk than performing the Duodenal Switch in a single operation for the first time. This is possible due to the fact that Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy is one portion of the Duodenal Switch procedure. When converting to Duodenal Switch from Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy, a significant piece of the operation has already been performed. This results in a smaller surgical procedure than performing the Duodenal Switch all at once. Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. The tube of the stomach may stretch in a manner that is not uniform, resulting in portions of the stomach tube being larger than others. This can cause the stomach to become shaped like an hourglass, where both the upstream and downstream portions of the stomach are large, but they are separated by a portion of the stomach that is fairly narrow. While eating may not increase as a result of a stretched stomach tube, it may cause uncomfortable and/or disordered eating. Depending on the volume of food a patient consumes at each meal and the symptoms they have, there are a couple of revision options that all result in food flowing more directly through the stomach. |
SORRY:) If this is going on too long! Just want anyone who is considering the sleeve or lapband have all the facts on both surgery's so they can make up their on mind.
Nance
I admit I lost 125 pounds iwth my band before it slipped twice , before it caused so much scar tissue on my stomach that if i get the flu and throw up too much my stomach could be swelled SHUT and i could die , but oh wait I dont have insurance or many to get a revision so I have to WAIT and HOPE that does not happen and if it does that i get to the ER In time that I wont DIE !
Mindy
Read the good , the bad , the ugly and the truth about my lap band journey !
on 7/9/12 3:46 pm - Califreakinfornia , CA
OKAY, ONE MORE POST FOR ALL THE SLEEVE MEMBERS WHO THINK YOUR SURGERY IS BETTER THAN THE BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I DID A LITTLE STUDYING JUST FOR YOU!
You love your sleeve so you can eat better, than when you were banded. Which is easier to stretch your stomach which is one of the failures listed below! Isn't the reason we have WLS and put our lives on the line is too eat less? (SOME revision members admit to losing most of or all of their weight with their band before they got their sleeve! So the weight lost is credited to the band!) (NOT ALL (SOME) SO DON'T TELL ME LATER THAT I HAVE THE WRONG INFORMATION)
Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. Here we go again just what we need weight regain after all we went through!
FAILURE DOES HAPPEN TO THE SLEEVE ALSO, SEE ARTICLE BELOW THE TWO MAIN REASONS ARE:
Failure after Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy may be caused by a couple of different factors.
- If a stomach has been stretched, re-sleeving of the stomach may be a sufficient revision procedure.
- Other individuals may require the addition of metabolic and malabsorptive aspects to compliment Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy. Procedures such as the Duodenal Switch and Ileal Transposition may be appropriate.
Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. The tube of the stomach may stretch in a manner that is not uniform, resulting in portions of the stomach tube being larger than others. This can cause the stomach to become shaped like an hourglass, where both the upstream and downstream portions of the stomach are large, but they are separated by a portion of the stomach that is fairly narrow. While eating may not increase as a result of a stretched stomach tube, it may cause uncomfortable and/or disordered eating. Depending on the volume of food a patient consumes at each meal and the symptoms they have, there are a couple of revision options that all result in food flowing more directly through the stomach.
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) Revision Surgery
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Although Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) is effective for many patients, some do not lose adequate weight, therefore revision weight loss surgery may be needed to cause additional weight loss. Failure after Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy may be caused by a couple of different factors.
Most revision operations are higher risk than the first time a weight loss surgery procedure is performed. Revision of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy to Duodenal Switch actually carries with it less risk than performing the Duodenal Switch in a single operation for the first time. This is possible due to the fact that Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy is one portion of the Duodenal Switch procedure. When converting to Duodenal Switch from Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy, a significant piece of the operation has already been performed. This results in a smaller surgical procedure than performing the Duodenal Switch all at once. Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. The tube of the stomach may stretch in a manner that is not uniform, resulting in portions of the stomach tube being larger than others. This can cause the stomach to become shaped like an hourglass, where both the upstream and downstream portions of the stomach are large, but they are separated by a portion of the stomach that is fairly narrow. While eating may not increase as a result of a stretched stomach tube, it may cause uncomfortable and/or disordered eating. Depending on the volume of food a patient consumes at each meal and the symptoms they have, there are a couple of revision options that all result in food flowing more directly through the stomach. |
SORRY:) If this is going on too long! Just want anyone who is considering the sleeve or lapband have all the facts on both surgery's so they can make up their on mind.
Nance
Lisa
OKAY, ONE MORE POST FOR ALL THE SLEEVE MEMBERS WHO THINK YOUR SURGERY IS BETTER THAN THE BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I DID A LITTLE STUDYING JUST FOR YOU!
You love your sleeve so you can eat better, than when you were banded. Which is easier to stretch your stomach which is one of the failures listed below! Isn't the reason we have WLS and put our lives on the line is too eat less? (SOME revision members admit to losing most of or all of their weight with their band before they got their sleeve! So the weight lost is credited to the band!) (NOT ALL (SOME) SO DON'T TELL ME LATER THAT I HAVE THE WRONG INFORMATION)
Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. Here we go again just what we need weight regain after all we went through!
FAILURE DOES HAPPEN TO THE SLEEVE ALSO, SEE ARTICLE BELOW THE TWO MAIN REASONS ARE:
Failure after Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy may be caused by a couple of different factors.
- If a stomach has been stretched, re-sleeving of the stomach may be a sufficient revision procedure.
- Other individuals may require the addition of metabolic and malabsorptive aspects to compliment Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy. Procedures such as the Duodenal Switch and Ileal Transposition may be appropriate.
Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. The tube of the stomach may stretch in a manner that is not uniform, resulting in portions of the stomach tube being larger than others. This can cause the stomach to become shaped like an hourglass, where both the upstream and downstream portions of the stomach are large, but they are separated by a portion of the stomach that is fairly narrow. While eating may not increase as a result of a stretched stomach tube, it may cause uncomfortable and/or disordered eating. Depending on the volume of food a patient consumes at each meal and the symptoms they have, there are a couple of revision options that all result in food flowing more directly through the stomach.
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) Revision Surgery
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Although Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) is effective for many patients, some do not lose adequate weight, therefore revision weight loss surgery may be needed to cause additional weight loss. Failure after Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy may be caused by a couple of different factors.
Most revision operations are higher risk than the first time a weight loss surgery procedure is performed. Revision of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy to Duodenal Switch actually carries with it less risk than performing the Duodenal Switch in a single operation for the first time. This is possible due to the fact that Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy is one portion of the Duodenal Switch procedure. When converting to Duodenal Switch from Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy, a significant piece of the operation has already been performed. This results in a smaller surgical procedure than performing the Duodenal Switch all at once. Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. The tube of the stomach may stretch in a manner that is not uniform, resulting in portions of the stomach tube being larger than others. This can cause the stomach to become shaped like an hourglass, where both the upstream and downstream portions of the stomach are large, but they are separated by a portion of the stomach that is fairly narrow. While eating may not increase as a result of a stretched stomach tube, it may cause uncomfortable and/or disordered eating. Depending on the volume of food a patient consumes at each meal and the symptoms they have, there are a couple of revision options that all result in food flowing more directly through the stomach. |
SORRY:) If this is going on too long! Just want anyone who is considering the sleeve or lapband have all the facts on both surgery's so they can make up their on mind.
Nance
Nancy, Nancy, Nancy. Where do I begin? Ok lets start with this:
~You love your sleeve so you can eat better, than when you were banded. Which is easier to stretch your stomach which is one of the failures listed below! Isn't the reason we have WLS and put our lives on the line is too eat less?
Of course we want to eat less. We also want to have appropriate restriction too, but that is something many bandsters never get with their bands! Then again.......there are those that get too much restriction even with an empty band b/c of all the scar tissue that their bands have caused.
~ (SOME revision members admit to losing most of or all of their weight with their band before they got their sleeve! So the weight lost is credited to the band!)~
But HOW did they lose that? Some of those that you mention got so sick from their bands and could NOT eat! So did they lose weight? Yes. Did the band cause the weight loss? Yes. Did the band cause the weight loss b/c it worked as described and allowed them to lose in a healthy manor? NO!
~FAILURE DOES HAPPEN TO THE SLEEVE ALSO, SEE ARTICLE BELOW~
No one has denied that. What's the big deal? I have yet to hear anyone say the VSG is infalable. However..............it does NOT have a 50% failure rate at 6 yrs. like the lapband does! Now lets see. You've had your band what? 3 1/2 years. So that means there is a 50% chance that in the next 2 1/2 years YOU may need YOUR band removed!
OKAY, ONE MORE POST FOR ALL THE SLEEVE MEMBERS WHO THINK YOUR SURGERY IS BETTER THAN THE BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I DID A LITTLE STUDYING JUST FOR YOU!
You love your sleeve so you can eat better, than when you were banded. Which is easier to stretch your stomach which is one of the failures listed below! Isn't the reason we have WLS and put our lives on the line is too eat less? (SOME revision members admit to losing most of or all of their weight with their band before they got their sleeve! So the weight lost is credited to the band!) (NOT ALL (SOME) SO DON'T TELL ME LATER THAT I HAVE THE WRONG INFORMATION)
Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. Here we go again just what we need weight regain after all we went through!
FAILURE DOES HAPPEN TO THE SLEEVE ALSO, SEE ARTICLE BELOW THE TWO MAIN REASONS ARE:
Failure after Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy may be caused by a couple of different factors.
- If a stomach has been stretched, re-sleeving of the stomach may be a sufficient revision procedure.
- Other individuals may require the addition of metabolic and malabsorptive aspects to compliment Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy. Procedures such as the Duodenal Switch and Ileal Transposition may be appropriate.
Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. The tube of the stomach may stretch in a manner that is not uniform, resulting in portions of the stomach tube being larger than others. This can cause the stomach to become shaped like an hourglass, where both the upstream and downstream portions of the stomach are large, but they are separated by a portion of the stomach that is fairly narrow. While eating may not increase as a result of a stretched stomach tube, it may cause uncomfortable and/or disordered eating. Depending on the volume of food a patient consumes at each meal and the symptoms they have, there are a couple of revision options that all result in food flowing more directly through the stomach.
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) Revision Surgery
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Although Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) is effective for many patients, some do not lose adequate weight, therefore revision weight loss surgery may be needed to cause additional weight loss. Failure after Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy may be caused by a couple of different factors.
Most revision operations are higher risk than the first time a weight loss surgery procedure is performed. Revision of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy to Duodenal Switch actually carries with it less risk than performing the Duodenal Switch in a single operation for the first time. This is possible due to the fact that Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy is one portion of the Duodenal Switch procedure. When converting to Duodenal Switch from Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy, a significant piece of the operation has already been performed. This results in a smaller surgical procedure than performing the Duodenal Switch all at once. Stretching of the stomach often results in additional problems other than inadequate weight loss or weight regain. The tube of the stomach may stretch in a manner that is not uniform, resulting in portions of the stomach tube being larger than others. This can cause the stomach to become shaped like an hourglass, where both the upstream and downstream portions of the stomach are large, but they are separated by a portion of the stomach that is fairly narrow. While eating may not increase as a result of a stretched stomach tube, it may cause uncomfortable and/or disordered eating. Depending on the volume of food a patient consumes at each meal and the symptoms they have, there are a couple of revision options that all result in food flowing more directly through the stomach. |
SORRY:) If this is going on too long! Just want anyone who is considering the sleeve or lapband have all the facts on both surgery's so they can make up their on mind.
Nance
6-7-13 band removed. No revision. Facebook Failed Lapbands and Realize Bands group and WLS-Support for Regain and Revision Group
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