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[deb]

Wow,one month is very fast for erosion, does the doc know what happened? Is it possible to get a new band or are you thinking about another type of surgary?

[Charity]

The Dr. didn't recommend a new band since there is scar tissue completely around where they would put it. They have no idea of what caused it other than I suspect it had to do with me being high risk due to taking Remicade which lowers your immune system.

Even with that it normally doesn't appear until along time out.

I was sick for a couple of weeks prior to being hospitalized and was calling and visiting the Dr. to see what the problem was. They suspected that the port was laying on a nerve, then decided it was a muscle pull over a rib. One week after I visited the Dr. last I started having a fever and was close to not being able to get about with the pain. When I contacted them again and told them of the fever, they said to go straight to the hospital where I stayed for 5 days. The Endoscopy didn't show the erosion, but they picked it up with the Upper GI. The leaking was directly under the band and was all around the stomach area. Yes, Very rare!

["Just Jess"]

another one bites the dust............. sorry to joke - it's not funny.

deb - i am so sorry to hear you lost your band too. i'm SO glad you've kept your weight off though. i've gained most of mine back :(
i'm on track for GB now... we'll see.

[deb]

Hey Jess, is DVR doing the GB and do you have a date yet? I continue to have issues without my band. I get stuck but in a different way, it goes down but just lays there for a while. I'll have a good week and then it all starts again

I went to a gastro dr. for a upper endo and was told it is GERD and Gastroparesis,( part of the stomach is paralized and digestion is slow) which can be from diabetes which I do not have. Other causes are stomach surgery and damage to the vegas nerve.

Oh well, enough whinning, I still get on here and check to see how everyones doing about once a week. I am sorry to hear you gained some weight back but you will do fine with the GB.

["Just Jess"]

i'm so sorry to hear that you've had such a rough go at it, deb! your journey is certainly much different than mine.

yes, dr.VR will be doing the surgery... i may not have had the best go at it with him - but his reputation behind the OR doors speaks for itself and i cannot ignore that. i just hope i get approved and get on with it... bc it isn't a "few pounds" i've gained - it is much more than that aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand i've also gained a lot more insecurities and depression. it hasn't been good. i wish i had the foresight to ask if we could do a CONVERSION instead of just lapband removal back on that fateful day. :(