Today is a special day....... whether she likes it or not.
Congrats, Tracey! Thanks so much for all of the advice and support that you offer on here!
Referral - December 2011 * Orientation TWH - March 13th, 2012 * Nurse Practitioner - April 17th, 2012 * Nutrition Class - April 17th, 2012 * Social Worker - April 24th, 2012 * Dietician - May 1st, 2012 * Psych - May 1st, 2012 * Surgeon - August 17th, 2012 * PATTS - Sept. 12th, 2012 * SURGERY TEGH, Dr. Cyriac - October 16th, 2012
Starting Weight - 320 lbs * Current Weight - 178 lbs * Goal Weight - 165 lbs
on 11/22/12 12:48 am - Bumfuknowhere, Canada
If I choose to remove the band, I will not be getting another one. I know not many bandsters post here but I got my original band when Allergan was still Inamed and had the one called the VG. I never had a love/hate relationship with it, I always loved it. Fast forward 3.5 years and I ended up with a hiatal hernia that needed to be repaired. No problem, band was still properly placed, no slip or anything and my band surgeon said he would fix it and being the nice guy that he is and no I am not being sarcastic, he said that he would put in the new band even though there was nothing wrong with my old band. They had had some issues with the old bands so when he suggested it, I of course trusted him and had my old VG removed and had my new AP installed at no extra cost over the initial $16k I paid. It was hell and then some with that band. I had issue after issue with it and my band surgeon did what he could to find me an old VG but no luck so we went with the larger AP band thinking it would resolve things. It did work for awhile and then the same old issues came back so I have been completely defilled for over a year now as the minute I get any fill I get esophageal spasms. I have had some regain but most of that was due to medication. Since I have been off those meds, I pretty much maintain but can't seem to lose the pounds I did gain on the meds.
I will never go back to where I was so if a revision is needed I will get one. My choice would be VSG only because I did so well with restriction only plus I have fibromyalgia and some days only Advil cuts it for pain. I have a huge family history of Crohn's, lupus, RA, so am not prepared to not be able to take Nsaids for the next 50 years. Yes my family lives into their 90's and 100's so I fully expect to be around that long too.
Wow. I didn't know all of that. Congrats for pushing through everything you've gone through!
Surgery March 23/2011. Completed three full marathons and two half marathons, two half Ironman distances. Completed my first Full Ironman distance (4 km swim, 180 km bike, 42.2 km (full marathon) run) in Muskoka August 30/2015. Next Ironman Lake Placid July 23/2017!
Orientation: July 23 2012 Dr Sullivan : August 16, 2012 Dietician, SW, RN, Sept 26, 2012 Dr Sullivan Oct 17, 2012 and pick up Optifast PATTS: October 24, 2012 Surgery: November 6, 2012. Starting weight 277 surgery weight 268
