Guest guest Posted April 23, 2001 Report Share Posted April 23, 2001 Dear Karin, I had the band removed because of a weak esophagus problem, My esophagus would not push the food past the tiny opening, every time I had a fill nothing would go down even liquid, to the point that after 10 months with the band, I had an extremely bad bout where I was vomitting constantly and became very dehydrated. put me in hospital with a drip to see if that would help, however nothing did and it came out the next day. At that point wanted to do the bypass but I was not psychologically prepared for it or educatinally prepared. It has taken me a year and a half and a big weight gain and watching the other switch sisters to realise that it is my only option. Health issues are starting to get the better of me and I need to lose weight. No I did not have gallbladder problems until I started to lose weight. I lost 32k with the band. It was great, and I certainly recommend it. It is not the band that did not work but my body that could not handle it. So now on to bigger and hopefully better things for me. Grace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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