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Doctor told me it was from loosing weight very fast and from vomiting too much. He also told me that when the band "slips" it doesn't really slip, that its basically your real stomach protruding over the band. It was all really confusing, but I'm all fixed now! :frown:

I cannot eat any pasta, bread or pizza. But each person is different, for me it was mostly trial and error...more error than trial when it came to my beloved carbs..lol =)

I started to have slippage, my doctor explained to me that "slippage" is caused when you loose weight very fast, and he'll have to go back in a restitch it in place, it can also be caused by vomiting too much. This happened to me, I didn't realize it for 11 weeks, I just thought i was eating too much, or eating to fast, or not chewing enough, but when i couldn't hold water down I knew i had to call. I had an upper GI and nothing would pass through the band, so they completely deflated my band and I was back on liquids for 10 days, after that I had another upper GI and everything seems good, so they refilled me, and everything has been great since then.

I cannot handle pizza unless it was very thin crust and very crispy, if i do have some its only 1/2 slice and that's it. Pasta...Forget about it, can't do it, have tired sooo many times, just doesn't work for me. however, i started subbing spaghetti squash in place of "regular" spaghetti, i can handle that and its really tasty.

Hey all! I am from Niagara Falls, Dr. Hoffman banded me on March 10th,2008, he is wonderful and so very passionate about his work. When i wasn't doing so well ( as in gaining) he was there to kick my butt back in line as well, so its great!! His assistant lisa is wonderful as well, she is such a huge help when some of my paper work came up missing. Surgery couldnt have gone better, no pain meds ect...down about 82lbs.