MelbBoy

Hi, I was banded in 2004 and all went well until early 2008, when the band slipped and was replaced. The band slipped on my honeymoon in Phuket would you believe it - a scary experience I can tell you! At my best I was down to 89kg from a start weight of 122 kg. Since the band was replaced it has caused trouble and now I have severe reflux and esophagus dilation, even though I have no fluid in the band. I am now 106 kg and rising.:sneaky: Now I am considering a Bilio Pancreatic Diversion (BPD) as the band is no longer effective and cannot be replaced again. Has anyone else been down this path, moving from a lap-band to a gastric bypass? I would like to hear from anyone who has had to go down the BPD path so I can see if this is the right thing for me to do. Is there a specific support group for gastric bypass? I've searched, but can't seem to find one. Any info would be most appreciated.

Hi, if you mean why did it slip, I don't really know. To much getting stuck perhaps? If you want to know the symptoms, suddenly I could not hold anything down, including water and starting getting very bad reflux at night. Once the restriction was removed, the symptoms dissappeared.