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I got my first band in march of 2006 and i think but am not sure that it started slipping in december of 2006. Final blockage in november 2007. I had an immediate revision. I did not do like many people and have it taken out and reinstalled later. They just put in in higher

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My physician said that the new 11cc band was more flexible then the 4 cc band? Im not quite sure what he meant by that. I dont understand the whole thing but it seems to me that at 320 lbs you would need the more flexible band then at 170 lbs.I would have just liked to have some light shed on the subject.Are they just not using the 4 cc band anymore? Or maybe they changed it to a 11 cc band because of the first complication or do you think its because of the weight loss to begin with that he chose the 11 cc over the 4 cc?

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I have the 4cc band and it slipped within the first 8 months. Dont really know for sure, but heard a rumor (will only call it a rumor till I know for sure - till then it must remain a rumor) that they dont use a specific type of band anymore (dont know the make and model) because it tends to slip with the first 6-8 months if it is going to slip at all. Again - this is heresay that I heard someone in my docs office talking about. If anyone else has heard anything similair I would love to know if its true - becaue I still have that band in me - and am scared of it happening again. Hearing that most of your bands were the same size makes me even more afraid.

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