Had the lapband surgery August 08, 2012 with start weight 389. Now 2 months post op and I'm down to 351 pounds. Just had my second adjustment and I'm having major heartburn for over a week now. Is this normal. I'm not able to eat solid foods at all. I'm only taking in fluids and soft foods.
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The ideal weight loss with Lap-Band surgery is one to two pounds per week with a goal of sustained loss of 60% to 80% of excess body weight. Studies have shown (J Gastro Surg, 2005) that the weight loss achieved with Lap-Band surgery is equivalent to gastric bypass at two to three years....
Certainly the preference is to not wait to address a slipped band, but if the band is completely deflated, and there is no obstruction (you can keep food and liquids down), and there is no pain, its probably ok to wait, keeping in mind that if anything changes or worsens, which can happen at any...
If the balloon is where the leak is, then yes the band needs to be replaced. but if the leak is somewhere else, its basically just the source of the leak that needs to be fixed or replaced. sometimes the connections are not tight, or commonly the leak is at or near the port
