Slip

[AAA022414 13]

Anyone have experience with a slip? were you completely unfilled? what has been your experience since?

[ellendeette 1]

Yes, I had a slip in the summer of 2008. I was on vacation in Kauai and the kayak I was in tipped over. When our guide and my husband pushed me back into the kayak, I thought I cracked a rib. We finished are kayak trip and when we got back to the hotel room, my breathing was different. I didn't feel like eating at all but I thought it might have been because of my ribs cracked. It really scared me. In hindsight, I should have gone to the ER right away instead of waiting.I really thought I was okay.

The next morning, I went to the ER on Kauai. They put me on an IV for fluids and took an x-ray and CAT-scan. The doctor came out puzzled and asked what was in me (so to speak). It was my band that twisted not my ribs! The ER doctor and three other doctors tried to get Fluid out of my band (even with a telephone conference with my bariatric surgeon in California). I could not swallow Water and even my saliva was having trouble going down. I stayed on the IV all day. The next morning, we fly home and went directly to the hospital along with my tests that were taken in Kauai. Turned out that my band twisted and so they couldn't get to the port to withdraw Fluid. I had to have surgery to have it removed. My stomach was too swollen because of the band twisting, so they couldn't put another band on.

After a few months, I was gaining weight at a rapid rate without the band. I then requested a new band from my insurance company. They accepted my request and I had a new band put in November 2009.

Yes, I know how it feels when a band slips (mine twisted). If you have any doubt that you cannot drink fluid (even water) without it coming up, it could very well be a slip. Only a doctor can determine that. Do you think yours slipped? You can get dehydrated from no Water being able to go down properly and obviously you can't eat so its something you cannot put off to determine if it has slipped.

[jillybean76 2]

Omg that's scary. I'm glad it's better now!

[AAA022414 13]

yes...I have a slip =(

I was pregnant last year...everything was going fine and then at about 7.5 months i couldn't eat or drink anything...i was in major pain so they just took everything out. i had my baby in june and in august i started going back for fills...which at this point i had probably gained about 45 lbs. i kept gaining weight so they sent me for a barium swallow and i had slipped...but this time i had no paid. we're assuming when i was pregnant i had probably slipped then too. so that was january and i've been getting slow fills since then. well i keep gaining and gaining and gaining. so i'm feeling pretty hopeless and depressed that it will ever get back to where it suppresses my appetite and i lose weight. i'm sure they'll send me again here soon to get a look at it. i was just wondering if anyone had a situation like this happen to them and actually come out ok.