FINALLY, I got the upper GI and know why I had no restriction
Here's my update for any of y'all that remember me posting as I went through the frustrating process of having no restriction at 8, 9 ccs of my 10 cc band:
I had never felt restriction, and this monday I finally got to get an upper GI done. My doctor saw that my band was not in the right place, and he told me it was probably just a small slip, but there was a remote possibility that it could ******osion as well.
My doctor had 1 erosion on his record, ever. Out of the countless bands he does every day. And he tells me the lady who's band eroded was in a car crash that was so intense it ruptured her spleen, so it wasn't even like a surgical misshap.
Tuesday morning I went in for surgery. My doctor told me if my band was eroded, he could switch it to a bypass or a sleeve. I chose the sleeve. I went under thinking they were probably still gonna just fix my band (that's what he thought too). 6 1/2 hours later, I woke up with a sleeve.
Basically, what happened was this: My band had eroded, and actually left a substancially large hole when they removed it. They then had a very difficult time working with the damaged stomach tissue to try and ensure that it was all sewn together well and I wouldn't get a leak (which ended up happening anyway). I stayed in the hospital with complications for a week and a day, and I'm just getting out.
I would like to emphasize the rarity of what happened to me.... please don't stress out or think because you don;t have full restriction at 7 ccs or even 8 or 9 that you have an erosion. I'm really like my doctors first erosion ever, out of the thousands of bands that he's done. The only think I would caution people is if they have more than 7 ccs/10 or however that translates to other sizes... ask your doctor if an upper GI might be in order, to check the position of the band. If we had checked it earlier, rather than later after he'd kept filling it, it probably would have been a simple slip that he could have fixed, rather than a very serious erosion.
So sadly, I probably won't be around here much, since I csn't claim bandster status anymore. But y'all take care, and of course message me if you have questions or concerns
Ann
I had never felt restriction, and this monday I finally got to get an upper GI done. My doctor saw that my band was not in the right place, and he told me it was probably just a small slip, but there was a remote possibility that it could ******osion as well.
My doctor had 1 erosion on his record, ever. Out of the countless bands he does every day. And he tells me the lady who's band eroded was in a car crash that was so intense it ruptured her spleen, so it wasn't even like a surgical misshap.
Tuesday morning I went in for surgery. My doctor told me if my band was eroded, he could switch it to a bypass or a sleeve. I chose the sleeve. I went under thinking they were probably still gonna just fix my band (that's what he thought too). 6 1/2 hours later, I woke up with a sleeve.
Basically, what happened was this: My band had eroded, and actually left a substancially large hole when they removed it. They then had a very difficult time working with the damaged stomach tissue to try and ensure that it was all sewn together well and I wouldn't get a leak (which ended up happening anyway). I stayed in the hospital with complications for a week and a day, and I'm just getting out.
I would like to emphasize the rarity of what happened to me.... please don't stress out or think because you don;t have full restriction at 7 ccs or even 8 or 9 that you have an erosion. I'm really like my doctors first erosion ever, out of the thousands of bands that he's done. The only think I would caution people is if they have more than 7 ccs/10 or however that translates to other sizes... ask your doctor if an upper GI might be in order, to check the position of the band. If we had checked it earlier, rather than later after he'd kept filling it, it probably would have been a simple slip that he could have fixed, rather than a very serious erosion.
So sadly, I probably won't be around here much, since I csn't claim bandster status anymore. But y'all take care, and of course message me if you have questions or concerns
Ann
As someone told me lately, everyone deserves the chance to fly!
You will always be a bandster to me :) I don't care if you have one or not. I'm so glad you found out what was wrong and got to fix it. I wish you the best of luck on your sleeve journey and you have to keep me updated on how that works for you. You're going to do great no matter what surgery you had. :)
Sorry to hear about the problems you have had with the band, like you said, it happens one in a million, but why did that one happen to you, right?? I have you in my prayers that you will be very successfull with the sleeve, I hear people lose a lot of weight with it. Keep up the positive, and continue on to a healthy life. Farmgirl58
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