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Hi guys! Hope everyone is doing welll. I had revision surgery on March 16. Doc was unable to proceed with sleeve but did remove my lap band, fixed up some scar tissue and sewed me up. A day or two later I started getting numbness in my left thigh. Then pins and needles and pain. Stabbing pain. It's not going away. It's in the left thigh, side and top. Surgeon put me on neurontin for a month. He said maybe the way I was positioned during surgery. I've had No relief. Its so uncomfortable and painful. Has anyone ever experienced this or heard of this ? I think its time to seek another doctor's opinion too.
Teresa
Well, certainly, best of luck to you! Healthy is the goal! Hope you feel better very soon!
It's coming out because of the pain I have with eating solid food. I have reflux and hiatal hernia. Eating soft foods forever just isn't the life I want to live (the only thing that didn't bother my reflux). I do not want to develop issues with my esophagus by having continued reflux issues.
My doctor did not discuss revision. She wants to focus on getting me well and then revisit the issue. I will probably have to start all over again.
So...I have hiatal hernia in addition to reflux. My band is being taken out now. I will be bandless in less than a week. In shock and scared about gaining weight.
My Dr in Saskatoon referred me to Regina for the lap-band surgery. Still looking for a support group in Saskatoon because I live half hour out of city. Thanks
Too bad that the two cities are too far apart for your surgery practice's group to be feasible. Have you called the Saskatoon hospital(s) that do bariatric surgery? If they offer support groups, it would be unusual if you wouldn't be welcomed to participate. A band-only group would be unusual, though.
I won't even mention OH, as you've already found your way.
Huh? Some time ago you wrote that you had lapband surgery in 2004. Is that what you're talking about now? Why 13 years later?
You are you and someone else is someone else. Your band may have slipped or it may be in the famous fickle mode or something else. Waiting to make in appointment has a name: Neglect. It's your health and well-being that you're playing with. How's that for non-medical advice? Non-advice, in fact.
It's probably been at least two years since your last esophagram? What you do about it is your choice. I'm in the non-advice business.
Junk food -- chips and other crunchy things and anything sugar -- go down easily and never satisfy hunger.
You're risking more than weight gain. You're the one who must decide what to do about it.
All the best.
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