Judith G.
I had a detailed profile from many years ago but it is apparently gone now so I will start over. I got my first lap band on 12/9/2005 and then had a complication and had to have a second surgery -- I think that was in Spring of 2010. My highest weight pre-surgery was 220. I got down to 155 for a very short while and then stayed around 170 for many years.
After maintaining weight at 175 for 3 years I gaing 20+ pounds in 2-3 months started gaining weight due to the stress eating. In June 2015 we learned that my husband (age 47) was born with a heart defect. He had open heart surgery on 12/10/2015. In Sept 2015 I had my own health issues and had an extremely horrific headache that lasted 18 days straight. Many MRIs were done and a spinal tap. There was a time the DR thought I had a brain tumor which thankfully I did not. The pain was due to tight muscle in my neck, jaw, chest, arms, hips, legs and feet. As I gained weight I had to buy clothes, including bras and underwear in bigger sizes due and it was a horrible feeling. I am now very close to my pre-surgery weight from 10 years ago and it is disheartening. My husband is doing well and is walking 10k steps per day. I need to get back on track with my weight.
Band gradually tightened (due to stress I guess) to the point that an Upper GI just showed a trickle of liquid making it through. After the Total Unfill on Feb 8, 2016 I felt SUPER hungry all the time. It made me appreciate what my lap-band was doing for me even though I managed to gain weight even with it tight. Tried to get a Quesima prescription but Preffered One ins would not approve it --but it took over 3 weeks to find that out. Going to try to get phetermine and Topimax as 2 separate prescriptions now.
2/8/2016 206 TOTAL UNFILL approx 9 ml removed
3/3/2016 215 FILL 6 ml
3/8/2016 204
