theroses03

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I think I would choose lap band.  I have had 7 surgeries for obstructions, adhesions and my stomach being twisted and stuck to my back.
Most recently I switched hospitals and ended up having to have my entire stomach removed.
I am NOT pleased with Arnot at all.  My original surgeon left and the one who took over said there was nothing wrong with me.  HA!  It was serious.  They are a joke and I would NEVER recommend them to ANYONE...not even for my dogs.
Sorry to seem so harsh but I am angry and have every right to be.  They could have killed me!!!
And I'm down to 104 lbs.  WAY too much weight loss.

So it seems that I may have adhesions once again.  It is SO painful.  Going to try to stick it out for about a month before they go back in to remove these ones.  Also, I'm still losing weight which scares me.  I was around 130 in May and now I'm down to 115.  I'm eating good but still losing - even my surgeon is stumped.  He told me to keep eating like a piggy to hopefully prevent any more weight loss.  So I guess it's like a waiting game.  I've outgrown (or under-grown) all of my clothes.  I'm down to a 4/5 and only have one pair of pants and one pair of shorts that fit me without falling down.  I had assumed the weight loss was over once I hit 130 and I definitely can't afford to keep going shopping.  Anyway, that is my newest news.  All the best to all of you!

I am now 2 years post-op.  Some days I can't even remember being over 300 lbs.  Unfortunately, I have another obstruction caused by adhesions so I will be having surgery again on Monday.  This is the 3rd obstruction since October.  I don't regret having WLS as it has made me a whole new person (or half of the person I was!).  Hopefully this will be the last surgery I will have to endure.

Things seem to be going fairly well for the most part.  Still having some troubles.  My dr. thinks I have an uncler again and that more adhesions have formed so all those tests will begin next week.  It's frustrating for him and for me both at this point.  He did say that if it were only adhesions inside this time (and not the obstructions) that he could do the procedure laparoscopically so hopefully that would give it less of a chance to form new adhesions.
The weight still seems to be falling off me.  I really thought it would have stopped a long time before now but I guess I was wrong.  I am eating good but he wants me to increase my proteins and eat more meats like pork chops and steaks because he doesn't want me to lose any more weight either.

Hi everyone.

It's been a while since I've updated so I thought I should take a moment and do that.  I just had surgery once again on 2/7.  They found adhesions and my stomach was twisted and stuck to my back.  My last surgery was on 10/30/06 when I had an obstruction in my intestine.  I'm hoping this is the last surgery for a very long time!

I'm down to 135 lbs.  I need to get some new pics updated on this page. 

I hope everyone is doing amazingly well. 

Greetings everyone!  This December finds me well for the most part.  I am down to 150 lbs. and feeling really good about that.  I'm still slowly continuing to lose some at a year and a half post-op. 
On the other side of things, I do have to have some surgery in a few weeks.  I had a twist 14" down from my new pouch and had surgery to correct that about 4 weeks ago.  Then I ended up back in the hospital and they found that for some reason food is getting caught in the Y so I have to have surgery again to correct that.  It's certainly been a rough couple of months and more to come but I know I will get through it.