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Ever since yesterday about 12:00 pm I have had some pain in my left side of my stomach it is at the top part of my stomach not near my port and I am afraid that my band has slipped and also yesterday I feel like I have no restriction whatsoever I am on my 7th week and get my first feel Wed. and I can usually feel a little restriction but now it is like it has gone am I in trouble or am I just worring over nothing I have ate pretty good at some of the time I may have ate some to much but it is bc I didn't feel the restriction so what could be going on.:confused2::confused2::confused2:

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forget who replies to this and CALL YOUR DOCTOR! if it is something - nobody on here can tell you better than your doctor.

good luck!

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I kept asking my Dr how would I know if my band slipped and he told me that I would continously be vomiting.

I think what's happening is the same thing that happens to a lot of us.

Right before your first fill you feel like there is no restriction at all.

I even gained a couple lbs. before my first fill! Initially you are swollen from the surgery and I think your body is adjusting so sometimes it feels like you can't get anything down. Then as you heal you feel like you can eat anything.

Once you go Wed you'll feel so much better. I only had 1 fill so far and I am scheduled Fri for my 2nd one and I can already feel that I need it !!!

It's a matter of finding just how much you need in your band to make you able to eat but feel real full.

Good luck!:wink2:

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Any time you have unusual pain, Call your doctor. It may be nothing, but then again, pain is usually a sign of something. Your doctor is the only one who can judge that.

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Thank you all that replied I did start feeling alot better by lunch time yesterday and it had not hurt me since, it could have been gas but if it was it sure was a pain lol anyways I go for my first fill tomorrow and I am nervous about the needle and the pain, also I have not got sick yet off of any food and I really am scared of what it is going to feel like when food will not go down .:rolleyes::ohmy::tt1:

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Hello All,

After reading and researching HEAPS...only when talking to surgeon did I realise that "slippage" is not the "band slipping", but the lower part of stomach "slipping" up past stoma (band) into upper stomach (above band) and it can happen when you vomit.

regards and glad you are feeling better

Bosh

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