Band slips?

[ISIKJallaq 31]

How can you tell if your band has slipped! I go in two weeks for my first fill. What if my band has slipped in that amount of time?

[feb27bandwoman 112]

Why would you think you have a slip? They are not common.

[ISIKJallaq 31]

Well, I don't have a really good reason for thinking I do. Just worried that it "might" happen. I'm a little on the paranoid side.

[this sucks 557]

If your band had slipped, you would be having symptoms. Don't stress out about things that "might" happen, deal with the things that do!

[ISIKJallaq 31]

Ok, thanks for the feed back! I just thought it was easy for it to slip and I didn't want it to! But I guess it is hard to get it to slip. Thanks again

[this sucks 557]

Only a very small percentage of people have a slip. Usually due to forceful vomiting, doesn't typically happen for no reason.

[marfar7 1,533]

Mine slipped after 2 1/2 yrs of frequent vomiting. The only symptom I had was severe nightime reflux. No abdominal pain, vomting, nothing but the reflux. They're right, they aren't common. But I would advise you NOT to vomit.

Marci

[MikalM 2]

Im 5 years post op. Last year my band slipped in late July. For about 4 months I was having issues with keeping food down and sharp pains. Then the band decided to totally slip. Sucked! But now im 7 months (2nd time) post op and everyday is different on what I feel like.

You will know if its slipping. Very rare, but it does happen.

No, mine didnt slip because of vomitting. They still dont have an answer as to why it happened.

[Toddy 758]

Mine slipped after eight months and only two instances of vomiting. My surgeon was extremely surprised that it had slipped. He said I was the earliest slip they'd ever had in their practice. I don't think he believed me when I told him I had only vomited twice. My advice: Do everything you can to avoid vomiting! But don't confuse regurgitation with vomiting. Reguritation is more of a burp that brings up recently eaten food; vomiting is a forceful expulsion from your stomach.

[ISIKJallaq 31]

Thank you all so much. All of your answers were so helpful and put my mind at ease!