From Terrified to Life Changing in a single visit

I do get the appreciation around taking fluid out your band. But if you are struggling on a daily basis with regurgitation,acid reflux,maladaptive diet,night time issues,pain or discomfort on eating?

This isn’t right, it may not even be helping on your weight loss journey or at worse it could lead to you losing your band altogether 😞

I had a patient in clinic recently, who has struggled on for many years juggling all the above symptoms. Until things finally got to a point and she reached out for some advice & support with myself

Following her assessment and partial defill I received this update 🥹🥹

Hi Nic!

My symptoms have totally gone away! What a relief!

I know this is going to sound dramatic but even though it’s only been 2 days it’s changed my life already!

2 whole days without being sick after eating and drinking has made a massive difference already! Especially since it’s been over 3 years of me literally being sick after ever drink and anything I would eat!

Mentally and physically it has impacted me so much where most days I’d be lucky if I could even drink 300/400ml of water a day and now I can drink 2litres atleast and eat 3 meals now!

I was terrified of getting liquid out of my band as I’m scared of gaining the weight again , however even my outlook in such a short time has changed. I know what my bad habits were and I just need to stay on top of them.
Just goes to show having too much liquid in the band can be a bad thing.

I’m making sure to stick to portion sizes on my plate and eating slow and steady like I should 😂 but what a difference!

Honestly thank you so much!! 💖 xxx

PS (not all the fluid was removed in this instance) partial Defills can help, sometimes not all the fluid needs to be removed to relieve long standing symptoms but assessment is purely individual 🙌🏻

So this visit to clinic has been life changing for her both physically and mentally.

Anyone reading and relating to this please reach out for support 🫶🏻 having a gastric band doesn’t need to be like this to get results ♥️

Nic xx
Specialist Bariatric Nurse
Helping, supporting, educating patients is my life ♥

Any questions drop me a DM 🫶🏻 Always happy to offer help and support where & when I can

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