I've been banded for 17 months. The first 6 were awesome!!! I lost weight without even thinking about it. Being on every diet in the book and always regaining more, I think thank God for the band. I may not be at my goal weight but almost 50lbs down is a place I wouldn't have gotten to on my own.
The last 11 months have not been so great. But overall I would say I don't regret it. My advice is if you get a fill that's too tight don't let it go. Get some taken out. I lived too long with too tight of a fill and it caused some major problems that I have been dealing with for the last year.
After a year of basically maintaining, up about 5lbs, I am now finally thinking my body can handle a fill again and start the journey anew.
One thing that really surprised me is how much stress really affects my band. I have had a very stressful year with a business partnership gone bad and to this day even the mention of the situation and I get tight and can't eat. I have learned to not talk about stressful things before or during meals and I'll be alright.
Even if I don't lose another pound I'm in a better place than I was pre-band.
__________________ We do not know the weight of this self we carry until we put it down. - Zen
Surgery Oct. 5, 2006
Dr. Kuri, Mexico
252s/170c/150g Ht: 5' 8.5
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