Babbs
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Oct 04, 2009
The truth is that the banders who are happily living and loosing or maintaing usually stop coming around the site as much. Those of us who are having problems or are new are always here because it is the best place to get advice. ( besides your surgeon)I have a slip right now and am waiting for my surgeons office to call me with a surgery date. It is going to be fixed at the new surgery center as an outpatient. He will leave the same port and replace the 4cc Allergan band with a 10 cc Allergan band.
You can see my profile as to what has been happening with me.
All told I would do it all again. You see this is the only surg that can be reversed. I didnt loose any hair because I made sure to get plenty of protein. It is a tool and has to be used to assist YOU in loosing weight.
When I have proper restriction, I am not hungry. Oh sometimes when it has been 4 hrs since a meal, I will feel a little, mild feeling that means its time to eat. But nothing like the ravishing hunger I felt before surgery.
I have several friends who have the band. One is very unhappy because she hasnt lost very much wt at all. You see she is depending on her band to do all the work and she eats everything she thinks of even if she is not hungry.
You have to make healthy choices and not eat junk or you wont loose much wt.
RNY gives you no choice. You cant eat alot of things at first you even have trouble eating what you are susposed to eat. Then in about 2 years, your pouch is stretched out and you have lost alot of wt, but then they start to gain wt back.
With the band, you can get a fill when you start to eat more and stop loosing.
I choose my band.
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About Me
Charleston, IL
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31.0
BMI
Surgery
06/12/2012
Surgery Date
May 08, 2007
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