New To Lap Band Talk, But Not LAP-BAND®..need Help!

:help: HI ! MY NAME IS JAN.I HAD MY LAP-BAND® DONE DECEMBER 2004 IN N.Y.C.W/ DR.RENN. I HAD IT LOOSENED COMPLETELY JANUARY 06. MY START WEIGHT WAS 235,BY THE SUMMER OF 05 I WAS ABOUT 205. MY PROBLEM WAS THAT I WAS THROWING UP CONSTANTLY.JUST ABOUT ANYTHING I PUT IN MY MOUTH CAME BACK UP, SO I NEVER REALLY FELT IT WORKED. EVERY TIME I WENT BACK FOR DR.VISITS I WAS ALWAYS GETTING TIGHTENED. THE DR. WOULD ASK IF I WAS HUNGRY IN THE MORNING. MY ANSWER ALWAYS WAS OF COURSE BECAUSE I AM THROWING EVERYTHING UP....I WOULD THEN BE TOLD I NEEDED TO BE TIGHTER.I THINK I HAD ABOUT 3 CC IN BY THE TIME I STOPPED GOING.I EVEN HAD THE BAND CHECKED FOR SLIPPAGE, IT WAS PERFECT. IT IS NOW OVER A YEAR AND MY WEIGHT IS ALL BACK. IM DESPERATE. I STILL HAVE THE BAND, I TRULY DONT EAT ALOT TO BEGIN WITH. I WANT TO GET TIGHTENED AGAIN BUT I AM AFRAID. HAS ANYONE GONE THROUGH THIS?

Hi Jan,

sorry to hear of your troubles. I have heard of a few who regain some weight. Usually people without a support group or who can't find a way to manage their diet and exercise routine.

Hope we can give you some ideas....

welcome to BandLand....

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Did you go on liquids for 48 hours after each fill? There is always some swelling with a fill, but some of us, for whatever reason have a tendency to swell a lot more than others. If you weren't allowing time for the swelling to go down, you could have irritated it even more and caused yet more swelling.

I don't know if that helps or not. I have had my band for a year and still at times can't get past a bite or two before it comes back up, but if I just wait a little while I can usually finish my meal without any trouble.

I'm so sorry you are having problems, but if there is someone who can help you're likely to find them here. Dr. C, a LAP-BAND® physician posts on this board and answers a lot of questions. Try and find one of his threads, or just post a thread to him and he will get back to you with some help.

Good Luck

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why not come to one of the support group meetings that dr. ren's patients have every month? call the office and ask when the next one is. i get confused about what wednesday evening it usually is. maybe there will be some good suggestions there. and--have you had an esophogram lately? maybe they want to do one to check placement--depending on how long ago it was done. i would definitely go back to the dr's office and ask for help. they seem very compassionate there--go and speak to them about your issues.

best wishes
girlin
nyc

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Dr. George Fielding, NYU Medical Center

You know they say not to eat and drink at the same time, but I do and I only spit up a bit when I don't chew enough or I'm eating stuff like roast beef and I eat it quickly...also bread..with butter mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... so it is a pacing issue for me. i think that if you are spitting up you can have blockage..also you may have the band grinding into your stomach making you leak stomach fluid that could make you very sick.

Jana, try making a note of the bite size you are taking when food comes up. I am not sure how big of a bite you are taking but I am talking extra extra small bites... very very slowly. For me to eat it may take me an hour for just a few REAL PEOPLE BITES. Size does matter, ha ha!!