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I had my band removed in August. Best thing I ever did. Before the band removal my Surgeon pulled all the fluid out.. so I was almost normal for a few months before surgery. I am in Michigan and went to Dr. Taylor out of Ypsilanti. He is wonderful, look him up.
AngAng
Revision Lap Band to RNY Approved 5/10/17 Surgery Date 6/6/2017
on 10/27/17 12:31 am
Hiya, oh no I'm so sorry! Did that show on a ct scan? They'll need to go in via endoscopy and remove that and then through laparoscopy to remove the port. Please get that operation done as soon as possible! You'll be on a liquid diet afterwards. Mine was a port infection. I have an open belly button now too. Pm me if you need to chat.
Thanks
The band is out now. It became an emergency and needed to be done ASAP
Hi Mia!How did the removal go? I also have to have mine removed. It's broken in several places.
on 10/26/17 1:47 am
Thanks
The band is out now. It became an emergency and needed to be done ASAP
Consider speaking with the surgeon not the nurse . Once your band is removed , the likelihood that your BMi will climb fairly quickly without another tool in place is rather high . They are very aware of this and several of us who have been revised or converted from band to rny were indeed not very large at the time our bands were removed and replaced with a new working tool. Basically your tool is broken and you need a new tool to replace the one you were given . She may be right. However , there are more factors to be taken into consideration when deciding on revision than just simply bmi . ...... hey you may have to buy yourself a pair of ankle weights
(the latter is a joke by the way before folks jump out of the woodwork attacking me for suggesting that its insurance fraud )
Banded 6/9/09 HW 242 LW 142 Revision 198 m 1 loss 16 lbs 182. M 2 loss 4 lbs 178. M3 loss 6 lbs 174.m4 loss 4 lbs 168. M5 gain 2 lbs 170. M6 loss 7 lbs 163 M7 loss 5 lbs 159 M8 loss 1 lb 158 M9 loss 0 M10 155 loss 3 M11 154 loss 1 M12 loss 2 152 M13 loss 3 149 M16, 17 0 loss M 18 loss 4 lbs 145 (18 months 53 lbs)
She has erosion...they can not do a revision to an eroded stomach. it must be left to heal. they can do it after the fact.
My revision surgeon told me erosion was the only complication that would prevent my same day revision from my lap band.
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)
on 10/12/17 12:52 am
Hiya, I spoke to the nurse & she said I am not big enough to be considered for RNY
My BMI is 31
I'll speak to the consultant tomorrow but is there anything you'd recommend for my BMI?