Hi my name is Karyl. And I would like to have the surgery done in January mainly for health reasons. Can u tell me what made the band slip just six months after the surgery??? I am very excited, but also very scared at any surgery, but this one does scare me but loosing weight and hopefully getting rid of Diabetes and High blood pressure for good excites me very much!!! Hope to hear from you. I am 5'5" and weigh 192 currently!!! "Happy New Year!!!"