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My band slipped and I had it repaired about a month ago. It was horrible, I could not get anything down. I went to the hospital on a Saturday because I was not able to keep Water down, I was operated on Thursday. It was the worst few days of my life. I saw the x ray of the upper GI, and my stomach had prolapsed over the band, it was very strange. We also found out, that my esophagus it a bit dialated. I have lost a total of 70lbs. with no Fluid in the band. Since day 1, I have had restriction with the fills. I don't know why, not even my doctor can explain it. The repair was very easy, and I recovered almost immediately.

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My band slipped and I had it repaired about a month ago. It was horrible, I could not get anything down. I went to the hospital on a Saturday because I was not able to keep Water down, I was operated on Thursday. It was the worst few days of my life. I saw the x ray of the upper GI, and my stomach had prolapsed over the band, it was very strange. We also found out, that my esophagus it a bit dialated. I have lost a total of 70lbs. with no Fluid in the band. Since day 1, I have had restriction with the fills. I don't know why, not even my doctor can explain it. The repair was very easy, and I recovered almost immediately.

Wow same here Bell, my stomach had prolapsed also, i agree it was the worst few hours of my life, i went right to hospital had surgery the next am.

So sorry you had to deal with it for days, awww i do know the pain. So u never got stuck, it just happened? and do you have fills now?

Im almost back to new, gave me a 4cc fill and i fill fine, i will admit im scared to eat,but my dr said that i had no problems b4 , and he is right.

Do you know if your surgeon stiched your tummy over your band to keep it in place?

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That's how mine is stitched.

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That's how mine is stitched.

yeah mine isnt, i just found that out i thought it was the whole time

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It' a weird tight feeling, but I guess I'm use to it buy now.

Can't knock it, it works.

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Hi Melissa! Very very weird but I had the same doctor and the same exact thing happen to me - i got stuck on a piece of tofu (serious - not a cookie tofu) and had emergency surgery at Bon Secors. I was banded in March and then had the repair done in May. Do you go to the meeting there?

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Do they repair laporscopticly?

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In my case, yes it was done lapriscopically (sp). My initial banding was a single incision thru my belly button, but for the repair with it was norm 6 small holes

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