Slipped Band

[Bkhuffman 28]

My band has slipped and I'm going to consult with a new doc next week for "fixes". I had a fluoro done Tuesday and when I asked him how to fix, he simply said, "call my office, make an appointment & we will discuss". I admit I was a little alarmed and started asking - Sleeve, fix this band, blah, blah blah. What I'm looking to hear is people's experience with a slipped band=gained weight 40lbs+ for me, and what the outcome was. I'm not uncomfortable, hungry really - I kind of just eat because it sounds good. I have no Fluid in the band now. Please share your experiences - good, bad and indifferent. I do "lift" for a living and one of my concerns is recovery time for lugging 20-30lb boxes. THANK YOU - Karen

[GuyMontag 1,264]

Such a bummer. Good luck with whatever decision you make.

[kll724 3,055]

Hi Bkhuffman, I am Karen, also. I had a slipped band back in 2011. The surgeon went in and adjusted it and did not need to replace it. I am in the "green zone" since repairing the slip. I have been green for about a year now. I had to have the .2 cc unfill to get me there. I am easily filled at 5 cc. Best wishes, I did not even think ab out replacing my band with a sleeve or anything else.

[Christy Z 7]

How did you know your band slipped?? I am at 9 cc on a 14cc band, and I can eat anything I the evenings, does this mean it's slipped?? Or that my pouch has stretched?? Thanks in advance.

[ronnfia 13]

I had a possible slip and my treatment was to have it un-filled and let it settle back into place. my symptoms were night time reflux, immediate feeling of throwing up no matter how much I ate and always feeling uncomfortable. I pretty much hated to eat because I felt like crap and it felt like a chore just to eat. after 3 months I had a ct scan to see how the band was and it was back in place. I honestly was hoping for a major slip because I am tired of fighting with my band. if I could I would opt for the old fashioned gastric bypass and be done with the band, I still am having issues and would recommend bypass instead, that's just my opinion.

[maestrita 43]

I wish I'd never gotten the band. I don't have insurance that covers weightloss, so I'm stuck with a financial disaster. I've been fighting with the reflux for several years now, and they are again telling me that they think the band has slipped. First they thought it was, then they thought it wasn't, now they think it is again.... I don't know when this would have happened because I was super careful with my band. I didn't press my luck or misuse my band. I didn't over eat or do stupid stuff. I got the band because I thought it would prevent my spinal arthritis from getting worse if I could keep off the extra 40 lbs. I am posting here because I am terribly sad that this is happening. I worked really hard to create a life and leave behind the poverty from my childhood, and I finally scraped enough up to afford this great thing for myself.... now it's broken, and I feel like I just can't get a break. I'm just defeated.