Re: We had out UGIs ...

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I'm no expert, and no medical person, but I'd say it sounds like a

stretched pouch, but imagine could be a slip. From what I know when

people have slips they normally can't eat at all as things gotten

twisted up and shut down.

Let us know what the docs say.

dan

Monday, January 21, 2008, 5:00:03 PM, you wrote:

> I saw his films also and

> it looks like his band is at the bottom of his stomach with a larger upper

stomach and a

> smaller lower one; completely opposite of what we should have. Does this

sound like a

> slip? He can eat very large portions, but stops when he is full.

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" It's OK to be a little broken, everybody's broken in this life " Jon Bon Jovi

Dan Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA www.mylapband.tk

Banded 4/27/03, Dr. Ortiz, Tijuana

Started at 355, at goal in the 210-220 range for almost 4 years

Ultimate goal of 195 Tummytuck in Boise and SmartLipo in Tijuana

[Guest guest]

I'm not so concerned ith your husband, a I am with you, fom wht you

describe.

the barium should go down right away. Thee should neve be 5-minute

delay.

You sound as if you have a way-too-tight fill and possibly other

things as well, like a dilated pouch. The last thing you need, if so,

is another fill. If you're dilated, you'll need an unfill and rest

period so the stmach can hopefully go back into a good position.

Your doc will read the films and discuss any problems with you. Lay

people really can't know what is going on from seeing a film. Mot

radiologists would not even know, since banding is such a specialty

area.

When we have a very high fill level, as you both have, we must be

very careful not to eat more than 1-1.5 cups of food per meal. This

is what causes dilations, when we have a tight (usually too tight)

fill.

As time goes on, our esophaguses can get used to the band pressure

and not give reliable " stop " signs - or we learn to ignore tham - and

we then have to self-limit meals to a good bandster portion, whether

or not we " can " eat more.

The band is designed as a gentle reminder to eat reasonably, not a

hammer over the head to MAKE us stop eating.

good luck - let us know how you are.

Sandy R

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> Good evening everyone Today my hubby and I (both banded with VG

and at 9cc each) had our upper GIs done. It took about 5 minutes

before my barium swallow would go down like they needed, but it did

go down. I saw my films and saw my band. It looks like it is where

it should be, but of course the tech couldn't say anything. I asked

how my husband had done (he was done right before me) and they said

he did fine, but his band looked very low on his stomach and the

barium went right down. I saw his films also and it looks like his

band is at the bottom of his stomach with a larger upper stomach and

a smaller lower one; completely opposite of what we should have.

Does this sound like a slip? He can eat very large portions, but

stops when he is full. His eating is nearly what it was pre-op. Our

doc will view the report and I'm taking her the films on Wednesday

when my fill is scheduled. I was just wondering about the

possibility of hubby having slipped. Sometimes being a loser

is a GOOD thing! 5'11 " 306 / 226 / 180 PreOp / Now/ Goal Banded

09/14/06

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[Guest guest]

This is exactly what a slipped band looks like and I ended up having to have

surgery to reposition it. The unfill did not work.

Dan Lester <honu@...> wrote: I'm no expert, and no medical

person, but I'd say it sounds like a

stretched pouch, but imagine could be a slip. From what I know when

people have slips they normally can't eat at all as things gotten

twisted up and shut down.

Let us know what the docs say.

dan

Monday, January 21, 2008, 5:00:03 PM, you wrote:

> I saw his films also and

> it looks like his band is at the bottom of his stomach with a larger upper

stomach and a

> smaller lower one; completely opposite of what we should have. Does this sound

like a

> slip? He can eat very large portions, but stops when he is full.

--

" It's OK to be a little broken, everybody's broken in this life " Jon Bon Jovi

Dan Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA www.mylapband.tk

Banded 4/27/03, Dr. Ortiz, Tijuana

Started at 355, at goal in the 210-220 range for almost 4 years

Ultimate goal of 195 Tummytuck in Boise and SmartLipo in Tijuana

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