sell1810
Hi Guys, well my story is a long and convoluted one I guess, I had a lap-band inserted in 2001 at 110kg, it worked great and I lost 25kg in about 5 months (apart from an initial choking feeling when I came out of the general anas.) At the 12 month mark I was only 3 kg from my goal weight and feeling great, the diabetes, liver and joint problems had gone and I could get around like a normal person again. Long story short - the band slipped and had to be removed and a new one put in (including the port). 1 Month after the new band went in and 10kg lighter (I had re-gained 12 kg in the down time) I started to have some pain around the port area, the GP said he could see nothing wrong and rang my Surgeon, who said I had probably torn one of the stitched from the muscle and prescribed anti-inflammatories. Two days later I was unable to stand and was rushed to a distant hospital (we lived in the country at the time). My surgeon was unable to the operation for 2 days and when he finally went in to remove the band there was a fist sized abcess under the port (yucckkky). Needless to say this experience put me off all WLS for a number of years but now back at my previous weight and suffering with all the old problems and some new ones to boot, I have taken the plunge and decided to go ahead with a VSG (no foreign objects to get infected!!!). I have to say that I am terrified, but I want to live a long and productive life and I have a responsibility to be around for my children. So thats it I guess, a new chapter is about to begin and I know that its going to be the best yet
