I was banded on sept 25th but have a friend who was banded last october. She just had her band removed because it slipped. She just did not have good luck with it, she said she was sick ALL the time . I have not had any problems at all but was nervous because she got rushed to the hospital cause she was throwing up blood. She said she thought she was going to die! I asked my doctor how would I know if the band slipped, and she said I would know by the awful pain, but she also said it is VERY VERY rare, so I geuss thats good! Good Luck with everything!!! And hopefully no band slipping!!!! :thumbup: