Study: Long Term Outcomes of Lap Band
on 4/13/11 1:37 am, edited 4/13/11 1:37 am
i saw pumpkin just adding to the discussion of a "negative band experience" - i see it also concerns her, as she & her daughter have had issues.
i'm very doubtful the OP posted this to create a surgery war.
on 4/13/11 1:51 am - Califreakinfornia , CA
Things that bother me ?
People who jump in something that does not concern them.
People who , b/c they had a bad experience , think something cannot or will not work for ANYone else.
I think it's important for everyone to share their experience....Don't you ? In fact here is a whole bunch of people who have shared theirs. I only copied two out of the 5 pages, so if anybody wants to read more they can just click the link.
www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/4304076/PLEASE-RESPOND-Expla in-your-Lap-Band-AGB-Experience/
Topic: PLEASE RESPOND !Explain your Lap Band/AGB Experience
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zee starrlite1 Revision (12/20/10) Member Since: 06/05/03 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 1/14/11 11:52 am Last Edit: 1/14/11 12:34 pm Okay, Guys & Dolls When someone asks about the Band, they should get the feel of everyone who has been banded. We can refer them here, to this post. Are you currently on your Band journey? Have you reached your "sweet spot"? How long have you been banded? How much have you lost? Can you eat a variety of healthy foods? Have you gone through fills & unfills never finding a happy medium? Do you PB? Keep your Band tight? Have acid reflux? Night cough? Has your Band slipped? Have you had a dilation - specify stomach or esophagus? Do you have pain? Have you had your Band removed? If so any damage to any other organs? Have you revised - to what surgery? Any other experience you'd like to tell us about? Would you recommend the Band?
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zee starrlite 1 Revision (12/20/10) Member Since: 06/05/03 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 1/14/11 12:20 pm Last Edit: 1/14/11 12:35 pm My Lap Band began working during my 3rd year after a dilated esophagus (symptoms were night cough, choking at night, reflux) then complete unfill, I for the first time received some real restriction. My Band shockingly worked "as advertised". I could eat everything, even healthy fruits and veggies in smaller portions so my Band was never too tight. I did however have the beautiful benefit of the Band dimming my hunger in a way that felt like "magic"
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theresa R.Van Wert, OH Lap Band (02/13/06) Member Since: 09/15/04 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 2/11/11 11:37 am Are you currently on your Band journey? Yes Have you reached your "sweet spot"? Yes How long have you been banded? 5 years How much have you lost? 220 lbs. Can you eat a variety of healthy foods? Yes. They only foods I cannot tolerate are Mozerella Cheese Sticks (which are not a good choice anyway) and the huge pretzels you see at baseball games, etc. Have you gone through fills & unfills never finding a happy medium? No Do you PB? Only 2x in 5 years....both after eating ham Keep your Band tight? No Have acid reflux? Never Night cough? Twice...both after a fill from a Dr. who was too aggressive with the fill..not my band Dr Has your Band slipped? No Have you had a dilation - specify stomach or esophagus? Once, after the same aggressive fill, floro showed dialation of the esophogus and a 4 weeks unfill solved the problem. Do you have pain? Only in the port area occasionally after doing crunches during exercise Have you had your Band removed? If so any damage to any other organs? No Have you revised - to what surgery? No Any other experience you'd like to tell us about? The band has done its job for me. I have lost 220lbs. and am thrilled with the life that the WLS has offered me. I am not one to tolerate pills, and the band offered me an option that didn't involve a lifetime of supplements or vitamins. Would you recommend the Band ABSOLUTELY!! Theresa R. =) |
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Janine P.Long Island, NY Alfons Pomp Revision (05/03/11) Member Since: 03/29/07 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 1/14/11 12:34 pm Last Edit: 1/14/11 12:34 pm Are you currently on your Band journey? - Nope - I'm off the boat Have you reached your "sweet spot"? - I did How long have you been banded? - 3 1/2 years How much have you lost? 125 at my peak Can you eat a variety of healthy foods? Yes - I just couldn't eat heavy starch like french fries or italian bread Have you gone through fills & unfills never finding a happy medium? - No, I found good restriction Do you PB? - I did very often, yes Keep your Band tight? - Yes I did Have acid reflux? - No I didn't Night cough? - No Has your Band slipped? - No it did not Have you had a dilation - specify stomach or esophagus? - No Do you have pain? - No I didn't Have you had your Band removed? If so any damage to any other organs? - Yes it was. No other organs were damaged but my port was disconnected and the lesions were insane; so much so that my surgeon couldn't finish my revision. Have you revised - to what surgery? I wanted a DS but ended up with a VSG. I *will* have my DS this year. Any other experience you'd like to tell us about? It's too easy to break the rules with the band. You can only be "perfect" for so long before the devil takes over your brain. It's just too easy to cheat. And don't hand me that "It's a life-style change" bull**** - we're all human and we will all cheat at some point. Would you recommend the Band? For people with 75 pounds or less to lose, yes. More than that, no. Janine  Me on Youtube 
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redbabe081 Lap Band (10/11/07) Member Since: 10/04/08 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 1/14/11 12:46 pm Are you currently on your Band journey? - been @ goal for a while now Have you reached your "sweet spot"? - that's a myth How long have you been banded? - 3+ yrs How much have you lost? - 76lbs Can you eat a variety of healthy foods? - yes Have you gone through fills & unfills never finding a happy medium? - no Do you PB? - no Keep your Band tight? - no Have acid reflux? - no Night cough? - no Has your Band slipped? - twice, both times corrected w/unfills Have you had a dilation - specify stomach or esophagus? - no Do you have pain? - no Have you had your Band removed? If so any damage to any other organs? - no Have you revised - to what surgery? - n/a Any other experience you'd like to tell us about? Would you recommend the Band? - for a restrictive surgery only, i'd recommend the sleeve |
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Michelle J.IL Brad Watkins Lap Band (09/04/07) Member Since: 09/17/03 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 1/14/11 2:52 pm Are you currently on your Band journey? Yep Have you reached your "sweet spot"? after 3 yrs I finally think so How long have you been banded? 3 and a half yrs How much have you lost? 71 lbs Can you eat a variety of healthy foods? That varies on a day to day basis Have you gone through fills & unfills never finding a happy medium? just got home from my latest unfill about 30 minutes ago Do you PB? yes Keep your Band tight? not really Have acid reflux? my original surgery cured my reflux, my latest fill made me too tight and it recently came back Night cough? yes Has your Band slipped? no Have you had a dilation - specify stomach or esophagus? i haven't had an endoscopy, but so far no symptoms of either Do you have pain? just lately with being too tight there was a painful knot between my shoulder blades constantly Have you had your Band removed? If so any damage to any other organs? i wish Have you revised - to what surgery? i wish Any other experience you'd like to tell us about? in less than a year after my original surgery I required a 2nd surgery to replace my flipped port Would you recommend the Band? if you like to gamble and have about 75 lbs to lose go for it, but if you require more significant weight loss there are othher better options out there. Also if you have co morbidities please check into other surgery types that might offer you a better cure rate.
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Pumpkin X .Califreakinfornia , CA 1 Lap Band (06/19/06) Member Since: 12/20/05 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 4/5/11 9:11 am Hey Meeshee, What were your symptoms of a flipped port.  |
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Michelle J. IL Brad Watkins Lap Band (09/04/07) Member Since: 09/17/03 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 4/5/11 9:34 am I'm guessing my port flipped early on since I never felt it happen. My 1st clue was that it was always difficult to find my port for fills, and the only thing I noticed was at night I'd feel an odd pulling sensation in my abdomen-It went away completley and the port is only noticeable if I'm running my hand over my abdomen.
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Pumpkin X . Califreakinfornia , CA 1 Lap Band (06/19/06) Member Since: 12/20/05 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 4/5/11 1:32 pm I have intermittent pain next to my port area with intermittent burning and stinging pain. |
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Michelle J. IL Brad Watkins Lap Band (09/04/07) Member Since: 09/17/03 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 4/5/11 2:31 pm Any difficulty accessing the port? I guess that could be a flipped port, but not sure.
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Pumpkin X . Califreakinfornia , CA 1 Lap Band (06/19/06) Member Since: 12/20/05 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 4/5/11 2:50 pm My ins considers my WLS to be successful and will not do any fills on me at present. I am having an endoscopy done later this week. I don't think they are going to get a good look at my port this way. 
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Michelle J. IL Brad Watkins Lap Band (09/04/07) Member Since: 09/17/03 [Latest Posts] |
Post Date: 4/5/11 2:53 pm Yeah uhm, an endoscopy won't address port issues. Mine was definitively diagnosed when they tried to do my fill under fluoro-the xray clearly showed the port sitting sideways in my abdomen.
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