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  3. A New or Bigger Issue in one's Relationship With Food?

    in Gastric Band Support & Discussion

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    Hey I just got my band on Feb.5 and my biggest fear is my band slipping....YOu said yours slipped, what caused it to slip and what were your symptoms.....This is my biggest fear with the band, and I don't know why??

    I was overfilled from my first fill. I was PB'ing every day and just taking that for granted. I then started coughing when I was sleeping, so I got unfilled and stopped coughing. Then I get filled again. and started coughing again. The coughing was from food moving up my esophagus, which I didn't realize was an issue (you would have thought the doctor who I was getting my fills and unfills from would have been concerned, wouldn't you?). Anyway, I started coughing so much at night I couldn't sleep. I ended up at a different doctor, a surgeon, who had me do a barium swallow and told me that my esophagus had stretched to twice the normal size and that I would have to the band removed. I went back down to Dr. Ortiz's office and the endoscope verified and I had it removed.

    So, what I learned was 1) PB'ing every day is bad 2) Coughing while sleeping is bad 3) Not having good follow-up care with an experienced professional is bad

    Even though it was an ordeal, especially the months on end not sleeping, I know if I do right by my band, it will do right by me.

    -Michele

  4. A New or Bigger Issue in one's Relationship With Food?

    in Gastric Band Support & Discussion

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    I was banded in Jan '05 and my band slipped and I had it removed Sept '07. I will have a new band put in on March 6th. I am replying to your post because I want to let you know that the biggest thing that I am excited about (besides re-loosing the 35 lbs or so I gained in 6 months) is how I will be able to enjoy food again. As soon as I had the band removed I was hungry all the time. I just starting stuffing my face, not enjoying what I was eating. When I was banded and could only eat a small amount, I ate slowly, only ate food I enjoyed (no low quality crap), and cherished every moment (well at least most of the time!)

    From my experience, I pretty much ate whatever I wanted, in small portions, slowly. There were some things that my band didn't like, so I lived without them. Don't worry- you will figure the food out and maybe you will end up liking food even more than you were fat and hungry all the time.

    MicheleIsMe

    Re-band scheduled for March 6th- Dr. Ortiz

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