Lapband Symptoms

Berry · January 25, 2006

Hi Everyone!

I want to thank all of you for all of your help and support! This website has been great for information. I plan on sending in my paperwork today to Beth Israel, hopefully my experience will be a positive one!

I have heard of some people where they had band slippage. Can anyone explain to me more about that? How do you know the band has slipped, what are the symptoms? I've also heard that lap band people get a similar symptom as Gastic Bypass patients where they have "dumping".

Do people with the lapband get that same symptom or something similar?

Thanks!!

Sherri

DORCAS · February 2, 2006

they thought my hd turned bcuz i cld nt keep anything down i hd my done a year ago and i ws nvr told this cld happen, turned out my band hd scar tissue over the portal so they replaced the portal and rmvd the scar tissue. So now its like starting ovr with the fills but at least i can keep some food down.

Alexandra · February 2, 2006

Hi Sherri,

First, there is NO dumping syndrome with banding. Our anatomy and digestive processed are not altered, so there is no way anything like that could occur. There are certainly foods that people have trouble tolerating for one reason or another, and one thing I've found is that with weight loss I'm more sensitive to the ingredients in things (such as caffeine, and especially the MSG in Chinese food). I've just had to cut down a little. It is NOT the same thing as dumping syndrome.

As for slippage, usually the symptoms are a dramatic change in restriction. Slippage can be severe or slight, and sometimes a slight slippage has no detectable symptoms. But a severe slippage can make it impossible to eat or drink, or can cause serious reflux. When that happens, the first line of defense is an unfill, which can sometimes fix the problem completely.