Question:
I had lap band surgery in 2009 and lost just about 100 lbs; gained about 15 back

Has anyone experienced weight gain with lap band - I had surgery on 9/9/09 and did really well. Followed all the rules and lost about 100 pounds. I have gained back about 15 or so and i'm starting to get nervous as it doesn't seem like i can get the scale to move in my favor. I haven't really gone back to the beginning and followed the rules that got me this far and i know i need to do that. Just curious to see if anyone else seems to experience the same thing. I know they say that you typically lose everything you're going to in those first critical months, and i'm just nervous. I still could stand to lose another 20 or 30. Has anyone had lapband, hit a plateau and then seemed to have been able to kick the weight loss off again (after a couple of years)? I plan to go back to my nutritionist soon but would like to hear some feedback from anyone else with a similar experience. Thank you.    — Lisa B. (posted on June 5, 2013)

July 9, 2013
I had the lap band in '07 and have regained 46 lbs. It is harder than heck to go back to the beginning but that's what works. My surgeon told me I would never eat ice cream again but unfortunately I can and did.
   — sherilynnm

January 19, 2014
In my opinion the lap band is the worse surgery to get for weight loss, it doesn't do what it was thought it would when it was invented, mainly because not enough research with people was not done over a long enough time. If they had done this the lap band would never have reached the general public. But now your stuck with it or have it removed and get a different proven surgery like the Roux en-Y (distal) surgery. However with any of the surgeries, but with different results, you will lose in a yoyo like progression, you will lose weight at first but over some time you yoyo back up, and with the different surgeries this yoyo differs, the Roux en-Y (distal) being the lowest, however most dangerous surgery to have. Some will lost to a point and stay there for as much as a year then put some back on where others will do the same in only a few months. Typically you should not consider your weight loss being finished until your second year of staying at a 10lb weight plus or minus. This will be where your surgery will stop your weight at. I had a Roux en-Y (distal) surgery and lost 238lbs and weighed 240lbs at first but then gained back and ended up at 280lbs, however I have stayed at 275 to 285lbs since then and I am going on my 17th year. I get the feeling your doctor goofed and you should not have got the surgery in the first place, you clearly show a weight disorder that makes having this type of surgery very dangerous and it can kill you because you were misdiagnosed. Seek help from another doctor that has weight surgery experience and seek professional help with a qualified therapist, ASAP. Do this as soon as you can because I am seeing a underlaying physiologic problem you need to explore before your health or even your life, suffers from it, but do not use the doctor who allowed you to get this surgery, my experience and opinion is he goofed and now your health is the main issue and you need to correct it as soon as you can, just not with your current doctor. When you see another doctor mention your original doctors name and your new doctor will check to see if your old doctor needs to be reprimanded for allowing you to get this type of surgery.
   — versitalbear