UPDATE ON MY SWOLLEN TONGUE, ETC

sfnativewm
on 11/11/12 11:57 pm

I ended up in the emergency room on Sat am in severe pain in the chest area............totally scared. Many tests ran, morphine given, and an iv of many things. Turns out the band has either moved or is twisting ..................... After many hours I was sent home and they have already sent my surgeon the information (kaiser) and I am waiting for his call. ( I have an appt for the 30th but they want him to see me asap) Today is a holiday so my call might be tomorrow.

Thank God for the morphine, and that I am not having a heart attack!! A lot of blood work done and all ok, so I will keep you all posted.

The ER said that sometimes bariatric people tend to wait too long before getting to the dr with problems, so if you think you have a problem, please be kind to yourself and call your dr!!

~Ann~
Band removed and feeling alive with energy!

Stephanie M.
on 11/12/12 2:50 am

Wow, glad you're a little better. Call your doctor and insist on coming in asap. Don't wait until the 30th whatever you do...a swollen tongue can obstruct breathing. How did your band cause the tongue to swell?

Good luck!

6-7-13 band removed. No revision. Facebook Failed Lapbands and Realize Bands group and WLS-Support for Regain and Revision Group

sfnativewm
on 11/12/12 3:29 am

Thanks. At first they thought my swollen tongue was something else. After all the tests etc, and the horrible pain I was in they believe the band has slipped and that the night time acid reflux is creating my tongue to crack and swell.

I am not a band basher as I did lose 50lbs with it and never gained it back, but I think it is time to get it out of me as at 59 years old I can't keep going in for fills and unfills. They are working on getting me in asap, my dr is in surgery untill 2 today.

Thanks for wishing me luck!

~Ann~
Band removed and feeling alive with energy!

Hislady
on 11/12/12 5:16 am - Vancouver, WA

Lap Band on 10/19/07

Oh my goodness that's awful and one I hadn't heard of before. I hope they make sure you get in asap that has to be miserable. You are so right people are so afraid of losing their bands they put off treatment until the damage is permanent or very serious. Good luck to you and keep us posted.

pineview01
on 11/12/12 8:05 am, edited 11/13/12 11:47 am - Davison, MI

Lap Band on 02/25/09

It isn't band bashing to share your issues and needing to have it removed. Many of us have walked in your shoes. It is just not a good idea to keep trying to keep hanging on when your body is saying time to go. I kept trying to hang on another 18 months after the PCP wanted it out. All I got for my effort was more pain and scar tissue.

I'm 55 and I felt I didn't want to deal with the fill, un-fill any more . Just get it out and get on with life.

Good Luck with your journey.

BAND REMOVED 9-4-12-fought insurance to get sleeve and won! Sleeved 1/22/13! Five years out and trying to get that last 15 pounds back off.

prek-3
on 11/12/12 8:22 am - Hollywood, FL

Lap Band on 10/01/07

Wow how scarey! My thoughts and prayers are wih you!
Prek3

Nov 10,2009 I reached GOALL BYE BYE 130 POUNDS! It wasn't about the FOOD, it was about what was eating at YOU! Time for a Head adjustment! **July 2011 Plastic Surgery Lower Body Lift

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Exercise is a NECESSITY

Jean M.
on 11/12/12 7:45 pm

Revision on 08/16/12

I'm glad you've figured out what's been going on but wi**** didn't have to be so painful and scary for you. Please keep us posted.

Jean McMillan c.2009-2013 - Always a bandster at heart
author of Bandwagon (TM), Strategies for Success with the Adjustable Gastric Band & Bandwagon Cookery. Bandwagon for Kindle now available on Amazon. Read my blog at: jean-onthebandwagon.blogspot.com