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"Today was the first time I have been able to feel the cold water trickle down my esophagus into my stomach (amazing feeling)."
Just to clarify things when a band is filled saline in injected into your port, it is in no way connected to your esophagus. it is actually a closed syste, usually attached to the abdominal muscles.(depending on where your surgeon placed your port) So I'm not sure what you were feeling but it's true you can feel when you get a band fill ;)
Good Luck on your continued Journey.
No I haven't had insurance in many many years. When I did have insurance they wouldn't do any weight loss surgery because I didn't have 2 years of Dr reported attempts at weight loss and I had no weight related problems such as high blood etc. My Dr will be Dr Robert Marema in St. Augustine Fl. I go for blood work & upper GI in the morning. Getting started on this!
Lol yea I won. There is a company called belighter.com and they gave away a few bands. My Dr. Rumbault was actually trained in the United States & is a very well known surgeon. Belighter is in a different state than me & it was up to me to learn what I needed to know. Life wasn't really allowing me to do that but thank God I haven't had any problems with it. Tomorrow I go for testing & im getting started on this.
Many revise to a VSG or a RNY. Use the search function...there have been 100s of posts about this topic over the last 10 years.
Scott
I just had my first fill since 2014. I lost about 35pounds but then my port was difficult to fill. Dr. could never get more than 1cc in my band after ma y tries I gave up trying to get fills. On Friday I decided to try again this time the Dr. Did the fill under fluoroscopy he had a difficult time getting it to fill but once he did he got 3cc in my band. So now I start my mission again ! Thinking happy thoughts but definitely feeling challenged! I never thought to start the prop diet over. Great idea! I feel some restriction @ 3cc. Good luck and keep me posted on how it's going!
You have accomplished a lot you should be very proudl. Your band did not make you lose weight it simply helped you. Keep up your good habits & you will be fine. I find a good tool is always using a small plate for meals. The size of the plate is a reminder that I have to limit how much I eat at each meal. Good luck with everything.
Such an inspiring post to getting back on track. Congratz on your success!
Banded June 2009- Allergan 10mL AP-S
Revised to Sleeve in September 2016
See it can be done. I think I will follow your lead to lose this 10lbs and get to 120. I'm 7 years out
You can lose those 40 of this I know. My suggestion is to up your good food intake, decrease the bad and up your exercise.
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