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(deactivated member)
on 4/28/18 8:17 am
Topic: RE: Lap band removal

It's been 6 months now since removal and my weight is creeping up. My BMI is 32

id like another "tool"

mini bypass? Rny? Another band?

help? I'm so lost AGAIN

(deactivated member)
on 4/28/18 8:06 am
Topic: RE: STOP DOING ALL LAP BANDS

My band was removed after 6 years and I presented with a very severe infection. It was a port infection and was removed immediately. I am wondering what to do next. That was 6 months ago and I am gaining weight but my BMI is only 32.4

Kathy S.
on 4/27/18 7:43 am - InTheBurbs, XX
RNY on 08/29/04 with
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on 4/19/18 12:01 pm - Irvine, CA
Topic: #OH2018 Sessions and Speakers Announcement

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kaytiebugs
on 4/18/18 11:47 am - Flowery Branch, GA
Topic: RE: STOP DOING ALL LAP BANDS

Youngmi could you please elaborate on the lapband falling apart issue? I have been considering getting mine removed. Not sure if I'd revise to VSG or just be done with bariatrics (I still have 100 lbs to lose). I have minor issues ... hard hiccups and BAD muscle cramps around my port when I do certain exercises/stretches. I feel like my band is a ticking time bomb... I feel like it's only a matter of time before it starts to give me hell. But then I find myself thinking I'll be fine with it because mine is empty and has been for years.

What sucks is even though it's empty I still have issues eating certain foods. Like lean chicken.

I agree, the band shouldn't even be done anymore.

princesshan
on 4/16/18 7:08 pm - ID
Topic: Lap Band removed! ?
It is with a heavy heart after 11 years of a love-hate relationship with my lapband I unfortunately had to have it removed. My lap band slipped and embedded itself into my liver. I was having severe chest and back pain which landed me in the ER, only to find out the pain was caused from my lap band and without choice it had to be removed. I had lost 112lbs and maintained that weight loss for 9 and a half years. My lap band has been removed for less then 2 months and I have already gained 18 pounds. I feel like I am cautiously watching what I eat, limiting my carb intake and making sure I have at least 10,000 + steps a day. I am sooo scared of gaining all my weight back. My BMI is too low to have any kind of revision surgery. Is there anyone out there that has had their lapband removed and was able to maintain a healthy weight/BMI? Or if anyone has any good suggestions I am open to them!
Travelher
on 4/16/18 12:42 pm
Revision on 10/04/16
Topic: RE: Need Advice for Wife (long story but I'd appreciate it if you would read and comment)

it is appalling that surgeons like that get to keep their licences.

Band-RNY revision age 50 5'4" HW 260 SW: 244 (bf healthy range 23-35%) bf 23.7% (at 137lbs) cw range 135-138.lbl with butt lift and mastoplexy March 23, 2018...2.5lbs removed.

Pre-op-16lbs (size 18/20...244) M1-16lbs (size 18...228) M2-15.6lbs (size 16/18...212.4) M3-10lbs (size 16..202.4) M4-11.4lbs (size 14...191) M5-10.8lbs (size 12...180.2) M6-8.4 (size 8/10...171.8) M7-6.4 (size 8...165.4 lbs) M8-11.6 (size 6...153.8) M9-5.6 (size 4/6...148.2) M10-5.8 (size 4....142.4) M11-4 (size 2/4...138.4) Surgiversary -1 (size 2/4...137.4) M13-2.6 (size 2/4...134.8) M14 (size 2/4...134.8) M15 (size 2...135) M16 (size 2...131.4) M17 (size 2...135) M18 (size 2...135) M19 (size 2...138) M20 (size 2...135) M21 (size 2...138)

NCMTNEER13
on 4/16/18 12:39 pm
VSG on 11/26/18
Topic: RE: Need Advice for Wife (long story but I'd appreciate it if you would read and comment)

I hope she is able to get a revision. She wants the band removed, but fearful of the weight coming back. She is going to see my potential surgeon (not her original lap-band surgeon) for his opinion. They both work for the same medical group, but her surgeon worked at his own regional office and really does his own thing, whi*****ludes still offering lap-band procedures and treating his patients like crap if they have complications. The surgeons out of the main weight loss clinic are much more professional and totally against the band procedure.

Travelher
on 4/16/18 12:31 pm
Revision on 10/04/16
Topic: RE: My Old Band

there is a lawyer in Canada trying to start a class action...there is a reason there can't be one in the US. Something about how it was released indemnifies them from lawsuits. there was a post on it on the failed lap band page on facebook.

Band-RNY revision age 50 5'4" HW 260 SW: 244 (bf healthy range 23-35%) bf 23.7% (at 137lbs) cw range 135-138.lbl with butt lift and mastoplexy March 23, 2018...2.5lbs removed.

Pre-op-16lbs (size 18/20...244) M1-16lbs (size 18...228) M2-15.6lbs (size 16/18...212.4) M3-10lbs (size 16..202.4) M4-11.4lbs (size 14...191) M5-10.8lbs (size 12...180.2) M6-8.4 (size 8/10...171.8) M7-6.4 (size 8...165.4 lbs) M8-11.6 (size 6...153.8) M9-5.6 (size 4/6...148.2) M10-5.8 (size 4....142.4) M11-4 (size 2/4...138.4) Surgiversary -1 (size 2/4...137.4) M13-2.6 (size 2/4...134.8) M14 (size 2/4...134.8) M15 (size 2...135) M16 (size 2...131.4) M17 (size 2...135) M18 (size 2...135) M19 (size 2...138) M20 (size 2...135) M21 (size 2...138)

Travelher
on 4/16/18 12:29 pm
Revision on 10/04/16
Topic: RE: My Old Band

revise...it is a lame duck. stop wasting your money on it.

Band-RNY revision age 50 5'4" HW 260 SW: 244 (bf healthy range 23-35%) bf 23.7% (at 137lbs) cw range 135-138.lbl with butt lift and mastoplexy March 23, 2018...2.5lbs removed.

Pre-op-16lbs (size 18/20...244) M1-16lbs (size 18...228) M2-15.6lbs (size 16/18...212.4) M3-10lbs (size 16..202.4) M4-11.4lbs (size 14...191) M5-10.8lbs (size 12...180.2) M6-8.4 (size 8/10...171.8) M7-6.4 (size 8...165.4 lbs) M8-11.6 (size 6...153.8) M9-5.6 (size 4/6...148.2) M10-5.8 (size 4....142.4) M11-4 (size 2/4...138.4) Surgiversary -1 (size 2/4...137.4) M13-2.6 (size 2/4...134.8) M14 (size 2/4...134.8) M15 (size 2...135) M16 (size 2...131.4) M17 (size 2...135) M18 (size 2...135) M19 (size 2...138) M20 (size 2...135) M21 (size 2...138)

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