band slippage - sick - surgery next week

[newlife082318 10]

Hi everyone. I don't post to often but read fairly often in the band board. I'm so drained. For weeks I haven't felt right. I was banded in Nov 2013. PreOp I was 305, Day of surgery I was 287, and today I'm at 218. I'm quite happy with my progress. I've learned to use my tool. I work out and get about 1500 calories in a day, usually. But the past month has been a struggle to just get in 600 calories. It's like everything I eat makes me sick. Then I caught my son's stomach bug 2 weeks ago and that did me in. I vomited too many times to count in 24 hours and that was with anti-nausea medicine. Once I recovered from that I developed horribbbbbble acid reflux. I wake up nightly by chocking on my own reflux. I barely sleep now. So I went to my dr Monday and he took out all the Fluid in my band. Which wasn't much. A little over 3cc's. He sent me for a barium swallow and that test showed my band has "slipped" and now I have maybe 10% of what I take in, reaching my stomach. So there's a severe blockage. I go back Friday and he told me that I have a decision to make. 1 - remove the band and replace with nothing. 2 - redo the band. 3 - get the sleeve. I'm completely freaked out. They want this surgery done next week. I guess a positive is at least i won't be fretting over a pre-op diet. I'm so upset about the band. I don't want to go through this again if it slips again. I'm considering the sleeve but am scared of making the wrong decision. Thoughts? Advice?

Jamie

[lauriearnold 40]

hey girl. my band eroded into my stomach and i am just now 4 weeks out from having sleeve. They removed my band 11/14 and i had to wait a while so my stomach would heal. I am now on normal foods and so pleased to have had the chance to get this sleeve. It is so much different. I love this better then i did the band cause i always worried about the band doing exactly what it did and doing the damage that it did. I would def recommend take band out and do sleeve. I've already started losing again and doing so much better. i wished the sleeve would have been available in 2006 when i got my band or i would have went this route first. good luck and prayers

[ylluz 151]

Yeah the same thing happen to a friend she is having issues wih her band!!. Thank God for the sleeve!!!!

[Pinkgirl1234 761]

Be glad you have the sleeve option.Get it done!You will love it.I am hoping I can have the same option.This band is miserable.

[hockeyfan7 249]

I had the revision from band to sleeve on June 1st and I wonder why I waited so long to do it. I would never get another band.

[Pinkgirl1234 761]

Exactly,a secret fear of failure keeps us tolerating the band when we know it is not working.