LapBand Erosion anyone?

[blondie1007 51]

So I was having some problems with my lapband. One day I can eat anything and the next day I can?t eat at all. I went yesterday and had an Endoscopy done. Much to my amazement, I have an eroded band and a small pouch dilation.

I was already contemplating taking the band out and putting the sleeve in due to decreased weight loss. I got my band in June, 2007 and have lost about 60 pounds with it. My doctor does not want to remove the band and do the gastric sleeve at the same time. He wants to remove the band and wait 6-8 weeks for me to heal. Of course I want to do what is safe, but I worry about weight gain. I have come so far with this and don?t want to be back at square one when the gastric sleeve is done.

Can anybody relate to this? Any suggestions?

[TexasT 99]

I know there are some people on here that had something similiar happen. Luckily I was able to have my procedures all done at the same time (band removal, hiatal hernia repair, sleeve, gall bladder removal, adhesion removal). I had my fill removed a week before surgery, so I didn't have long to struggle with food issues. I wish you the best.

[blondie1007 51]

I know there are some people on here that had something similiar happen. Luckily I was able to have my procedures all done at the same time (band removal, hiatal hernia repair, sleeve, gall bladder removal, adhesion removal). I had my fill removed a week before surgery, so I didn't have long to struggle with food issues. I wish you the best.

Oh my! You had a wazoo of things done at once, and it all turned out fine. Where were your adhesions removed from? Did your doctor say what caused the hernia?

[TexasT 99]

No, my doc didn't say anything about the hernia. Apparently they are very common, and most people never even know they have them. I'm convinced the evil band :thumbup: had something to do with it, but it probably didn't.

I tend to have adhesions with abdominal surgery (have had 2 c-sections, hysterectomy, band, and then this surgery). So my doc just cleaned up the ones that had formed since the band surgery. Then he applied some special material to help stop them from forming this time.

[mila1013 0]

hi i am going into my 8th year with the band, i will be having it removed 7/12 due to erosion, then 3 months post protonix i will have another endo to see if i can have the sleeve (well they will deny me on investigational and depending on how long to get it appealed) i started having problems last year, lots of them. i have gained 65 lbs in 1 yr 3 months i had lost 166 lbs. so now i wait, i have significant long term complications and my esophagus is jsut too damaged to do surgery all at once, as mortality rates increase with all my post band complications i have....it is a scary thing to gain weight. do some reseach about rebanding, i was also rebanded and hiatal hernia repaired in 4/26/10 keep in mind my band has not been functioning in over a year, it feels good not being sick everyday all day, but the weight gain is tough, but i have to thinka bout my health-if you want the sleeve then get the sleeve don't do what your surgeon wants you to do..contact me private message if you would like.....