I have not lost any teeth, however the health of my teeth have declined rapidly. I can go in for a cleaning and get teeth filled and a year later have to get more fillings from cavities!-- i swear I brush my teeth and quite effectively. I am 6 years out, like you I have fallen back into old habits too. I was down to 140 and right now am at 165ish. I have def heard from my dentist they are seeing more gastric bypass folks with teeth issues. I am not lactose intolerant but I don't take my supplements as I should.

I had lapband surgery 7 years ago.  Before the surgery I had lots of GERD problems. My surgeon repaired a hiatal hernia at the time he did the lapband and my GERD was cured!  Or so I thought. About 18 months ago, I started having problems again.  At first Prilosec took care of it, but it's been getting worse. 

About a month ago I started having problems that seemed like over-restriction problems that got worse and worse.  (Note that my last adjustment was over 4 years ago!). Lots of throwing up, always feeling like food was stuck, pain, etc.  Got so bad I could barely swallow my own spit.

on Monday I had the band loosened and all my eating problems went away.  But so did the restriction...eating like "the old days". :-(

I also got an upper GI then met with the new surgeon at the hospital I had my surgery done at.  He told me I have a hiatal hernia again "the size of a lemon".  He recommends I get surgery to repair the hernia.  But all my reading says that they usually just treat hiatal hernias with meds. I asked why surgery....he said because if they tried to tighten the band again, I'd have more problems unless I first had the hernia repaired. 

Im really skeptical. I don't know this doc from Adam.  Has anyone had a recurrent hiatal hernia after banding?  He was unwilling or unable to answer my questions about how the hernia and over-tightening might relate to each other, or why suddenly my band was too tight after 4 years of it being fine.

I'm going to get a second opinion but I also want to hear if anyone else has had these issues.

1. Simple carbohydrates are sugars. All simple carbohydrates are made of just one or two sugar molecules. They are the quickest source of energy, as they are very rapidly digested. :)

what exactly are simple carbs?

Hi Bulawookie!

6 weeks out, you are doing GREAT!! There is always a wee bit of a stall as your body adjusts to the new "stomach", band, etc.  Just keep on getting your protein in and drinking tons of water, not drinking when eating, etcetc.

What motivated me was when I went to see my ortho doc last July 5th and I was 226 LBS.  My highest weight was 326.  Day of surgery, I was 320.

I got down to 170 and then stabilized at 180...was doing great there and BAM..was doing all the wrong things....gained 46 pounds.   I got RE-motivated because I wanted to get back to 170 or less and since I had my hip replaced on 4/1/2014, I am doing all the right things.

I just decided that I did NOT want to regain all my weight back so I went and had everything checked out; I still have the tool SO!

I made the commitment.  Protein, Complex carbs, 4 ounces of caffeine a day, NO junk food, no sweets, no processed foods, NOTHING like that.

I was addicted to the carbs and sugar again and that first week of NO sugar and Simple Carbs was HELL.  BUT I made it over the hump and just kept on doing the right things. 

I never want to be fat again.  I like I how I can move, I can walk without issue and, I have NEW hip, at 44 YO. :)

Dumping!! UGH! I HATE IT.  With Gastric Bypass patients, some of us are VERY sensitive to sugars and carbs.  Since they removed (in my case, 150 CM of my small intestine) sugar trickles through the pouch and it is immediately absorbed from the small intestine and hits so quick, O MY GAWWD!! I get light headed, cold sweats, heart racing.  I am STILL glad I have that trigger...it TOTALLY helped when I was stopping all the bad food choices. 

Same with simple carbs = bread, rice, potatoes, chips...every so often I could eat those things, but the next time, BAM! Laying down because the dumping was so bad. 

I also motivate myself by looking in the mirror, seeing the person I am now versus where I was in Jan 2010, before surgery.  BEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE FOR MYSELF!!

And, I like being able to workout in my basement gym...some days are harder than others to motivate, but once I get into the workout, I feel FABULOUS!

I am on www.myfitnesspal.com under megawatt823 - if you haven't joined, you should!  I track EVERYTHING I eat, all my exercise and it helps to track EVERYTHING!! :)

Keep it up, you are doing great!! :)

Hugs!
Megan