Slipped band!

[Hope2013 7]

Hello

I was banded Jan 22nd and have no issues an doing great. My husband was banded Tuesday and in Thursday tried to eat for the first time and started vomiting right away and he got the stuck feeling but the pain or the vomiting never went away so we called the doc and we had to go in.

They said his stomach was very swollen and was making the band very tight so they took out the Fluid and have him a steroid shot to reduce the swelling and said he should feel better within a day.

So we get home he gets down broth for lunch then try's a Protein shake and bam pain so he stops and It goes away.

At midnight he throws up again and again along with bad reflux so we call doc and says to come to the hospital.

They have him zofran and protonix to help they did nothing he was still vomiting A LOT. He then had a massive pain in his chest and I had to rush and get nurse and they then have him reglan and he finally felt better.

It gets the swallow test and a chest X-ray and his band slipped. So they he has to go into surgery and fix it but they also said they wanted to shave part of his stomach to help the band got better when we heard this we said take the band out!

We are so incredibly sad that this didn't work for him and he is now petrified if ever doing surgery again.

This ever happen to anyone?

[2muchfun 8,927]

Throwing up is the worst thing you can do the first few weeks. What did he try to eat on Thursday that caused the vomiting?

[♥LovetheNewMe♥ 1,216]

I am so sorry this happened to your husband, complications like this are rare but unfortunately possible. I know my physician recommends the gastric sleeve to patients when the band fails. I do agree with your decision of having the band removed because once the band has slipped there is a high chance of this happening again. Hope he feels better soon and once he has recovered from this event maybe he can discuss other alternatives if he wants with his physician. Best wishes to you both.

[Dulci 108]

I was on liquids for a week post op. When I went in for my first follow up, I was cleared to go to mushy (yogurt, pudding like consistency.)