Wonderful Support on this board! (sorry a little long)..and a question!

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Hi girls! I just wanted to thank you all for the wonderful replies I

got when I posted about " going for it " . I'm pretty darn excited...not

just about losing excess weight (I don't have a WHOLE lot to lose...),

but more for the preventive measures. The thought of becoming MO again

horrifies me to no end. the *maintenance " part of it... lifelong, This

is unlike any other WLS I have ever read about because of the

adjustability factor. Having had the bypass 11 yrs ago, there's

NOTHING that can be done to to compensate for the body's adjustment

(i.e.- stretched pouch, re-growth of intestines, enlarged stoma), and

trust me, the body DOES adjust. In fact I have a hard time finding

others online who have had the bypass 10+ yrs ago, probably because of

re-gain and many feel shame...it feels like the *ultimate* failure and

is very painful.

Does anyone have stats on success of long-term band patients? I

haven't really checked it out throughly... but I would imagine if you

can get fills throughout your life, unless you slurp down ice cream and

milkshakes constantly, if you're basically eating good solid food, how

can re-gain happen?