Anyone Had A Lab Band Slip,then Had It Surgically Fixed?

[gdkeller 7]

What are the symptoms of a slip? Is it painfull? How do you know if you've had a slip? My doc says "oh you'll know if it slips" but seems vague to me. I recently had some problems, I feel better, but that's in the back of my mind.

I cough/choke at night while sleeping, I have severe heart burn, sometimes I have mild pain at the band sit. Some days im a bottomless pit and can eat everything, encluding carbs, which normally I couldnt eat. These symptoms are chronic, meaning they happen all the time, left untreated they can become emergent. One person I know ignored there symptoms, then needed emergency surgery. The surgeon undid her band and closed her up. Now she needs to heal and if she decides, she can have another surgery to hook it back up. My worst fear

[Darkangel321 61]

I didn't have a band slip, but I had a port flip. Banded 9/7/12, went for first fill and found my port did a 180...totally upside down. Went back in hosp, dr went in, repositioned and reanchored my port. Still on full food.< /p>

Hopefully he will do my first fill 11/19/12...finally. Tired of gaining weigh as hard as I had been working.

[bigtruk_us 56]

I haven't heard of a port flip.i guess it can and does happen.Escpecially if the surgeon doesn't get it anchored really well in the abdominal wall

[talkalot1981 5]

My port is flipped also. Not to the extent of a 180. He has to go in from the side and it hurts like crazy.

[Darkangel321 61]

My port is flipped also. Not to the extent of a 180. He has to go in from the side and it hurts like crazy.

My dr said it was common...mostly at 45-90 degrees. Said he would not need to correct that. Of course mine had to go totally overboard...UGH. Worse thing about it is not being filled yet. Been banded since 9/7/12. Soon I hope.