what should I do please help

Hi my name is Diana in the year 2000 i had a Gastric Bypass surgery with Dr. Howard Beaton I went down to 173 pound now its 2013 I weigh 283 pound Im think of having a revision or lap band please give me advice on what should I do. thank you

Hi Diana,

I have a lot of questions.  Since 2000, have you changed your eating and exercise habits or are you still following healthy eating and exercise practices?  Have you been going to support groups, getting nutritional guidance and counseling?  All these things play an important role in success.  Do you have a healthy relationship with food or are you falling into old habits that were present before surgery?

Take a good look at these things and if the answers are no, then that is probably where  you need to focus.  Be honest with yourself and start building your support systems and see if you can get back on track.  If you are doing everything right, then your surgery might be faulty.  Yes, doctors sometimes make mistakes too.  Get an endoscopy and see how things are going inside.

Keep in touch.

I had the lap band before my bypass. It was very time consuming, Many appointments back and forth to the doctor's office to have the band tightened and then loosened etc. If it's too tight you will choke in your sleep from the saliva as it will not go down past the band into your stomach. if the band is too tight you could have a lot of thick mucas like stuff build up and will have to spit out. If your band is too loose you will feel hungry and the ability to eat anything will happen. To get the right amount of "Fill" in your band is the trick to be smooth sailing for success.  I also did not like the port that sewn into my side - it was bothersome, and it hurt at times.... To this day, the spot where the port was still hurts from time to time due to scar tissue. I'm just glad to have had the band removed-  I would get a revision and have the stomach made smaller.