Realize Band Slip

[pennreporter 12]

Found out yesterday my band had slipped. Not sure if I blame the band, myself or the surgeon. Guess it doesn't really matter. I've had problems with too much vomiting for quite sometime. So that could be my problem of not loosening up the band. But clearly the stitch came loose that holds the band in place. My surgeon had only done 5 or 6 bands at the time he did mine ( not my choice, limited on who I could use with my insurance company, he had done lots of bypasses). So the revision will be easy. Once all the fill was removed, it was very strange how the band completely changed locations back up to where it should have been, just maybe a not quite the right angle, but it was almost like a 45 degree change. So they just need to go in and put a few stitches to hold it in place. So I will have about a month of no fill, although this doesn't concern me too much as I had really had lots of problems with restriction, it just kept getting tighter and tighter, which I'm sure was the band slipping now in hindsight. So my system needs a break and some healing time, plus I'm almost at goal, within 15 lbs. So I'm not deterred at all and not blaming it on any one things. "stuff" happens.

Trisha

p.s. bandiversary was June 1, my original goat was to reach goal by my birthday on June 23. I won't quite make it but that's okay, too. I wouldn't even be remotely close without my band.

[pennreporter 12]

Revision surgery is July 9. Can't wait to get this over with. I miss having the restriction and my buddy (the band) reminding me to stop eating.

Trisha

[Brockbabe82 0]

Glad to see you have such a posititve attitude! Keep that up! Good luck on your revision and keep us updated!

[Mimilou2004 13]

Best wishes for a great outcome.

Mimi

[elcee 3,341]

hi Trish

Sorry to hear that this happened but glad it's an easy fix. Congrats too on being so close to goal.

[pennreporter 12]

thanks all!! Can't wait to get this on the move again. I so miss my buddy. although not having the band filled and being ms. piggy has forced me into the gym...so there is a positive outcome to all this. Now my incisions from the first procedure, except for the port incision, had finally faded. So guess I get a new set of incisions...but at almost 60 years old, it's not like I'm wearing a bikini anyway...lol.

I will find out more on Tuesday at pre op consult as to how long before they can start the fill process...if I had my way, they'd leave some in at surgery..but that's not going to happen...although some surgeons do leave fill in at surgery time, but my guy is sooo conservative. So I will be a the gym a lot over the next month..lol...but with free tanning booths, I'll be oh, so tan..:thumbup:

trisha

[elcee 3,341]

Avoid the tanning booths.You don't want to prolong your life through losing weight only to cut it short with skin cancer!

[pennreporter 12]

Update on revision. Temporarily postponed. After discussion with PA and surgeon and what they were planning on doing, (and also surgeon was having to postpone due to death in the family), we've decided to refill and slowly bring it back up, assuming no problems. All he was going to do was either put in another stitch or undo the flap of stomach that the pull over the band to hold it in place...undo that and possibly change the location of the flap. They believe everything is still in tact. So PA put in 4ccs today and I will see how it goes and if all goes well, in a month I will go back and have them do an X-ray and if band looks llike it's where it should be, they will slowly over the next few months bring it back up to restriction level.

But I have a strong feeling that I may have just been overfilled. and then with the throwing up, forced the band into a position it didn't need to be.

I had the option to go with the other surgeon, but I think I want to try this first and use revision as my last option. But I am going to stick with only the PA doing the fills, so that at least there's consistency with who is doing them. I don't think the surgeon does as many and the PA says that he usually is able to pull more out than the surgeons. Because if I count all the ccs that were in there, I thought I should have only had 7 inserted...well somehow or another I ended up with 10cc, unless my body is mysteriously producing fill all on its own..:)

Right now feeling okay. Staying on a soft food diet for a few days to get it a rest after getting the fill. Neither one lectured me on the 8 lb weight gain.

I've read some users on here that just by removing the fill and letting everything rest and get back to it's proper location that it can fix the issue and PA even said they're had some patients that that has done the job. So we'll see. I'm just glad to have at least part of my buddy back :)

I know it's probably all mental but just knowing that there's fill in there, my food grazing/craving cycle is non-existent right now. So onward I go...whoo-hoo :)

trisha

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