I was banded in Oklahoma in 2003. This past January my same doctor went back in to re-position the band that had slipped and found that it was black and corroded. After three surgeries, I am still recovering with an open incision. There was so much black debris all throughout my abdominal cavity that it has taken this long to get it all cleaned out. Multiple doses of double antibiotic’s and I think I’m finally recovering. Incision is 3 inches wide and getting more shallow by the day. Dr. did not close the incision so that I would heal from the inside out. He said it was the worst case of corrosion and recovery he had ever experienced in his over 40 years of practice.
