How do you know if your band has slipped?

[watermum 0]

Hi

Just a curiosity question. How can you tell if your band has slipped or not? I was just wondering.

[RestlessMonkey 7]

I think (don't know, just processing what I've read) that you can tell because it hurts to eat. If you have been chewing well and eating the right quantities once you have restriction and didn't "cheat" on your post op diet (ie eating when you were supposed to be on liquids) the odds of a slip are very very miniscule.

If you cheated, or vomited a lot (for whatever reason, stomach virus, PB, slime, whatever) or have pain ...

maybe.

You can do everything "right" and it slip but it's rare. And even then, from what I've read, it's painful and you know something's wrong.

[Shleb 0]

My band slipped right after surgery, even before I was awake I would say. My port hurt really bad-so bad that it hurt to move and I was afraid to cough. I could get liquids down okay, but once I ate soemthing solid (scrambled eggs) I got really sick and vomited for hours before I finally start to vomit blood-that's when I knew something was wrong. I found out that my hand had slipped, the back side of my stomach had herniated up inside the band and caused an obstruction. I had emergency surgery to have that band taken out and a new one put in and I was fine after that.

[~Bridgette~ 0]

Can hiccups cause the band to slip? This morning I got a really bad case of hiccups and got nervous. In the past the only way I can cause my hiccups to stop is to take about 10 sips of Water without stopping to squash the air bubble but was afraid to do that this morning... didn't want a back up.

[Shleb 0]

I have never heard of that before-I don't think it will hurt to drink Water. I was able to drink normally after surgery-I didn't need to take sips. Try it-if it's too much, the water might just come back up. I have had the hiccoughs before and not had any problems except that they are annoying.

[candicane 0]

ok, so reading these post makes me wonder. I had my suregery on nov.12th. I can drink well but when I cough hard it does hurt at the main incision. I think this is normal because I just had srugery on five days ago but I just want get some other opinions. Some times I read things on here and it sends me into a panic.:smile2:

Thanks

[Melisa1 0]

shleb...what size band do you have and how many ccs do you now have in?

[TQUAD64 9]

Candicane: I had my surgery on November 11, so our recovery is at the same time. Last night I swallowed my liquid pain medicine the wrong way, which through me into a coughing fit. OUCH!

I grabbed my hospital cough bear, placed it over the main port incision and braced myself. I tried to remain calm and work through it. I think it is very natural to have soreness one week after surgery in the incision area.

I think the area of concern would be if you have severe pain that you can not tolerate.

[candicane 0]

I knoe what you mean. Its not pain like you need to go tot he hospital but boy does it hurt at that port incision. ouch! I'm trying to get through it though. No pain no gain.

[mommy2xp 0]

With my slip I had tightness and heartburn at night. I could get Water and liquids in, but I was eating only soft foods.

[Rhiannon82979 0]

I was banded on sept 25th but have a friend who was banded last october. She just had her band removed because it slipped. She just did not have good luck with it, she said she was sick ALL the time . I have not had any problems at all but was nervous because she got rushed to the hospital cause she was throwing up blood. She said she thought she was going to die! I asked my doctor how would I know if the band slipped, and she said I would know by the awful pain, but she also said it is VERY VERY rare, so I geuss thats good! Good Luck with everything!!! And hopefully no band slipping!!!! :thumbup:

[watermum 0]

Thanks for all the replies. I feel a bit better about my band now. for a while I thought it had slipped but I don't think it has now as I have no pain and I am not vomiting.

[LSF 264]

ok, so reading these post makes me wonder. I had my suregery on nov.12th. I can drink well but when I cough hard it does hurt at the main incision. I think this is normal because I just had srugery on five days ago but I just want get some other opinions. Some times I read things on here and it sends me into a panic.

Thanks

Candicane - I keep a pillow ready for when I cough. It's just as painful to blow my nose and I'm afraid to sneeze.

[Melisa1 0]

No worries..you just had surgery!! I had mine on october 23rd and im still sore!! Its normal to be sore for a while. I sneezed, coughed and blew my nose and yeah it was tender but it wont hurt anything.