ObesityHelp

 It has been about 4 1/2yrs since I posted anything on this page. I had some success with the band but not even close to what I was expecting. I had my daughter in 2010 which is such a blessing and now I've had my band removed. I started getting really really sick in the middle of January, as soon as food hit my stomach I felt sick. I had my band completely emptied and went for an upper GI.... Everything looked normal. The next dayi ended up in the ER in extreme pain and severely dehydrated, they kept me over night. The following week went like this... Monday ultrasound, Tuesday hidascan, Wednesday back in the ER, Thursday endoscopy, Friday another trip to the ER for esophageal spasms. Outcome was severe gastritis in my pouch only! My band surgeon did not and would not accept that my gastritis and my band had to be related. Two weeks later I followed up with him still not being able to eat mind you. After a brief meeting with him while I was in tears he laughed in my face. I was done with him. I continued with my meds for gastritis hoping it would get better all the while researching where else to go to get this thing removed. I am self pay, my insurance refuses to have anything to do with weightloss surgery. I went about 1 month before I had another severe attack that ended me back in the ER, but this time I went to Swedish medical center... One of the best in Seattle. After an EKG and CT Scan the PA from the bariatric office met with me. She agreed the band had to come out ASAP. So here I am sitting here writing this exactly two weeks from that last ER visit without my band. It's been two days since surgery and I'm feeling pretty good. Dr. McMahon and his staff are amazing, I had no slippage or erosion but he said my band was so tight he had to cut it into 3 pieces to get it out!so glad its gone!!!