?? for lapbanders

Paige E.
on 12/3/09 8:41 am - TX
I will be having a BL/LBL soon and am wondering if will I need to get an unfill????

 


~Paige~  -155lbs    (lovin' my band)   
At GOAL and BMI is healthy!!
             
                                

 

(deactivated member)
on 12/3/09 1:00 pm - Wiesbaden, Germany
DS on 10/08/13

Unlikely but it's a good idea to check with both your plastic surgeon and your bariatric surgeon.

I just had a tummy tuck and hiatal hernia repair and neither felt that it was necessary. 

dhaworth
on 12/3/09 8:59 pm
I had a BL and a TT and didn't need to get an unfill, and have not had any issues.

Good luck!
Road Less Travelled
on 12/8/09 11:54 am
VSG on 12/13/10 with
I did not for my BR/BL - and I was OK

but I will call the doc before my TT

if he does take some out - I don't want him to empty it all together

July 2007 = lap band ...Sept 2010: lap band removed....Dec 2010 VSG
HW: 283... VSG SW: 244 ..  got down to 170 -- now at 193 and "back on track" ....GW: 155

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