Bren649
10/19/10
Oct 19, 2010
Well, I need to update all by OH friends of what has happened to me of late. After several months of acid reflux problems, I had to have my band removed on 10/8/10.It had progressed from acid reflux to major reflux and not being able to keep anything down at all! Even water. This was mid-September. I went to my Dr. and they couldn't access my port. It had flipped again! He was going to empty the band to see if that would help. He suspected a slipped band was the main problem. In the meantime I was losing about 7 lbs. a week and very dehydrated.
I had a fluro a week later and discovered the obvious (slipped band and flipped port). The Dr. said, if it was a matter of just the slipped band, he would repair it. But for the port to flip a second time in less than year, we would most likely be looking at another future surgery. When he repaired the tubing (leak) and the flip before, he noted there was very little scar tissue. He said unfortunately due to the lack of scar tissue it would be hard to keep the port in place.
When surgery was performed on 10/8, he removed my band. He said no scar tissue had formed yet again.
The good news is that I am not only at goal, but 30 lbs. below goal. It has only been a week and a half, but I feel very confident that I will be able to keep the weight off. I log in my food diary every day, get a lot walking in and feel I can continue to eat healthy. The bad news is that I feel empty and weird not having my band. Even though before the problems, I had practiced great eating habits, I still feel odd like my security blanket is gone? Very hard to put into words.
Well, everyone please wish me luck and pray for my continued strength to stay on track :)
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About Me
Southern , CA
Location
24.3
BMI
Surgery
05/27/2008
Surgery Date
Surgeon
May 10, 2008
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