GeorgiaGirlie

No, I used to not feel this way before my band slipped. Im not sure if its because my stomach has stretched or what? I get a fill in 2 weeks so im counting down the days.

I had a hernia and a band readjustment done last week because my band slipped. There hasnt been any fluid in my band for almost a month and my stomach looks and feels bigger but yet ive only gained 10lbs. Has anyone else felt like this way? I feel miserable!

I am scheduled to have an EGD on Tuesday. I had to take x-rays to see if there was a possible slip. The x-rays confirmed that instead of the standard positioning of the band being at 45 degrees, it's more at a 25 degree angle. They had to take all of the fluid out of my band. I'm really worried about this. What could have caused this? Is this the same as a slip? I'm not sure if it's because my band has been too tight or what. I've had really bad acid reflux for the past month/month and a half. I'm not really too educated on these types of things so it's all new to me. I've been banded for a year a month.

Today, I was put on acid reflux medicine. :/ I used to never have this problem until about 2 months ago. I've had my band for a year now. The only time that I have reflux is if I eat something right before I go to bed. Other than that, I don't have any problems. My doctors tell me that this is normal for lap band patients and I should not be eating 2 hours prior to going to bed. Has anyone else had this problem? Should I have it checked for a possible slip?

I just received a notice that my employer is changing to United Healthcare from BCBS effective 1/1/14. I'm super pissed about that. However, I want to know if my fills will be covered by UH. I'm getting really worried because I'm having trouble finding my doctor that does my fills in the "in-network" database. Has anyone ever had to go through this? Should I just call my doctor to see if they accept UH? With BCBS, I didn't have to pay any copays. Does anyone with UH have to pay copays? Any help and guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Congrats! You'll be at 150 before you know it!

Thanks you guys for informing me otherwise! I had no idea. Guess I was wrong. You learn something everyday.

Yesterday, my boyfriend told me that a guy at his work, who had the lap-band, had to have emergency gastric bypass because the band had made a hole in his stomach because it had slipped. I told him that that was the most absurd thing I had ever heard. I just wanna know your thoughts on this.

This has been going on for quite some time, but I figured I would try and see if this has been happening to anyone else. When I eat, there are a lot of times where I have to lay flat on my back in order for food to go down. It is instant relief as I can feel the food go down. Could my band have slipped and I just don't know? It happens after I take one bite of something.

Don't worry. It's normal. I had the same pains about a month or two after my surgery. I've read that it's actually gas/air pains that got trapped around the port while performing the surgery. It does go away. Nothing is wrong. If it keep going on after about a month or so, I would definitely check in with your band doctor.