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Hello! I am about to have lap band surgery and I am concerned about what it will be like long term. I am worried about slippage and erosion. I saw that you were banded in 2003 and 13 years out if you had any complications. I'm also wondering about your activities and see if there is anything you're restricted from doing. Everyone has talked about how great my surgeon is and he's only had one slippage and it was a quick fix, and he's done literally thousands. I was concerned about long term and you're the only I've seen that's lost the most and had your band the longest. I would greatly appreciate it if you responded back and gave me some tips and advice. Also, would you do it again? Thanks so much for your time!
I eat sugar 2 free popsicles in the evening to curve carb cravings. I've got my whole family eating them for dessert now.
Sleeved 8/1/16
HW 285 / SW 276 / GW 160
If the band isn't letting anything through, then it's too tight ... try eliminating solution from it ...........
with my band, the doctor filled it almost entirely once ... over the weekend i couldn't even drink a sip of water .... lost about 12 pounds in 2-3 days .... not real fat ... i became lethargic quickly ... not being able to e ven drink water ....
went in and they put some solution back in and i was good to go again ...
the rny works nicely ... but keep in mind that those surgeries have a life span of about 5 years and then you hopefully have learned enough that you can handle your weight problem yourself ...
This is a terrible problem for me ... from time to time i think i have solved it, but then it creeps back ...
maybe i should eat dinner around 8:00 in the evening ... but that seems so late ...
late evening throughout the night i start craving carbohydrates like bread, graham crackers, etc ...
i can not solve this problem permanently in a satisfying manner ...
any ideas? ...
Hello,
Are you saying that you got the Lap Band 2 months ago and lost 16 pounds? Are you satisfied with the results or do you desire a weight loss greater than 16 pounds. I had gastric bypass 12 years ago and it was sucessful the first five years.....Now I am considering the lap band.
I got my band 6/06-07 the first 4 yrs I only lost about 20-40 lbs, I gave up for a couple of yrs cause it was to much money having to pay $50 to fill then it was to full so $50 to take out saline then another $50 cause he took out to much, when I had to have back surgery my band was emptied completely instead of having to pay so much for fills or to take out I put my money into buying exercise machines, every couple of months I'd buy a treadmill,bike,ablounger and more, I started walking 15-30 min a day 5 days a week, then started adding more and more time till I was jogging 4 hrs straight doing 4-6 hrs of working out 5-6 days a week ,went from 245 to 152 in 9 months, I lasted a good couple of yrs at that weight, I separated from my husband of 13 yrs and been living alone for 2 yrs now, I went from 152 to 180 in 3-4 months my primary dr told me I was borderline diabetic ,I wasn't even close to being diabetic when I was close to 300 lbs...so I'm now getting back on track going on 6 weeks , I'm walking 4-6 miles a day 5-6 days out the week back to dieting and drinking lots of water,replacing to meals with my protein meal replacement shakes and I've lost 10 lbs so far and that's cause I haven't had a fill or seen the dr in about 6 years, I still can't seem to keep a lot of foods down, I gain cause I eat junk food and snack a lot since I still can't eat normal foods, I can't eat chicken, tomatoes, oranges ,there's so much healthy foods I can't keep down yet I can eat junk food just fine so I made an app. With the dr for next week, I wanted to ask if I can have the band removed and have a different WLS done, I wanna be able to eat regular foods without tasting it twice, I'm tired of the food coming up for close to 8-9 yrs, my goal was 150 ,my lowest was 152 , never made it to 150 but I'm now challenging myself to get to 145
Thanks for the reply's! I have been reading about the sleeve for almost 2 years. I am just so scared of the GERD I do have it now. Have been on nexium for 10 years. I really want to stop taking it! Not add more to it if the the sleeve goes bad for me. I know it can go either way. I DO NOT want rny and I don't think I have enough weight to lose for it. I need to lose about 70 about pounds.
I just wish I could do this on my own! UGH
Thank you, Friend. I'm glad your hubby is well now!
He's going through radiation and chemo currently and will most likely need surgery in the near future. Trying to stay positive. It's kind of a good thing I had to read all that stuff about anatomy when I had lap band issues. It's been somewhat helpful in dealing with what he's going through. There are a lot of similar issues, strangely enough.
Hope you're feeling better. xoxo
Avoid kemmerling, Green Bay, WI
It's great to see your doc and the internet is just full of high protein eating plans so the biggest secret to long term weight loss is carb control. They make you crave more carbs so if you can survive an induction period with a high protein plan similar to Atkins (Atkins uses net carbs but I only count total carb since the body uses them, they are slower but still there) it will help you get started. The lower you can keep your carbs the better you will lose, some can go as high as 100 carbs a day, myself I have to stay closer to 25 a day. For me carb control has been the secret and it's food I enjoy. Once I was able to break that carb addiction it was all so much easier. Even when I've gotten off track I've been able to catch it early enough to stop the gain trend before it got too far off track. I know all I have to do is start the induction diet again to get back in the game. This way you don't need some silly dietician to help you, you can do it all on your own!
Nic I'm so sorry to hear about hubby's cancer! Mine went thru prostate cancer last year and it is for sure a challenge. He's doing well now but for awhile I just had to pend a lot of time with my color book and keep my hands busy!
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