Went to the lap band doctor again today....the verdict? Let's wait and see AGAIN if the saline they put in this time is actually staying in and not slowly leaking out. Of course I was missing another 2 cc's today but she "thinks" that the missing saline might be in the tube connecting the port to the actual band. Or at this point she's just praying that it's ok so I don't sue.
A little information about the band- my band holds 14 cc's of saline at a time. The saline is what goes in the band through a port, the more saline, the tighter the band on the stomach. I currently as of today have 10 cc's in there and feel not much restriction when eating. I have been telling them for almost a year now that I have not felt any sort of restriction-finally a month ago they decided to look and see what was going on. At that time I was supposed to have a total of 11.5 cc's, when they took the saline out I only had 3. See the problem? They have no idea if the band is leaking or if the PA that puts the saline into my port missed EVERY time. Nice huh?
If I could do it over again I would do things differently. But as with all things in life we can't go back, so I'm trying to make a bad situation not so awful. Thank god I'm a pretty positive person overall or this would suck.
Nothing else going on today, I'm actively procrastinating doing my school work and it's always interesting to see what creative ways I can come up with to avoid it. Idea number one- write my first ever lengthy public entry! I'm a tad weary of putting my life out there for people too see, but since I'm pretty positive no one reads me I think I'm safe. In the event that someone reads me and is thinking about bariatric surgery- I would just hope me writing makes them take a harder look at their choice. Knowledge is power and the more you have the better.
Till next time folks.
Alysia
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oh I read!! You just haven't written anything in a while to read. I'm sorry about your band. I know some people who had it and it didn't work well, but not because of the reasons you're saying. You can't go back and redo what you did before, you have the right attitude.
ReplyDeleteryn: you are right; adoption shouldn't cost that much!! I wish it didn't and I wish that would change, but all I can do now is work within that and try to bring home our little dude. (I need to think of a name!)