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Hi , i'm preop and received a book from my Dr. office with great information. Erosion is when the band works its way through the stomach wall until part of it lies within the stomach, when this happens the band isn't effective you will notice that you are able to eat a greater amount without feeling restriction, it usually doesn't lead to any pain or acute illness. If it is erosion the band should be removed and usually requires an overnight hospital stay. It sounds like you may have a prolapse or slippage (it is caused by strecthing the portion above the band by eating to fast, and taken in larger portion sizes), symptoms include heartburn and reflux of food and liquids (most noticeable at night). This fixed by removing saline from band, if this doesn't fix it laproscopic operation as a day patient may be required. All my information obtained from The Lap-Band Solution A Partnership for Weight Loss written by Paul O'Brien MD I hope things get better and God Bless

Hi, i'm preop and my Dr. office gave me a book to read called The Lap-Band Solution, written by Paul O'Brien MD. I have been reading it and come across a section talking about pain after surgery. It says pain in the left shoulder area is common, it is referred pain coming from the diagphargm (large sheet of muscle separating the heart, chest and lungs from abdomen). It is called referred pain because although it comes from diagphargm the brain interprets it coming from the left shoulder. It can last days- weeks after surgery. It is uknown why this occurs, and is unprdictable. Here are some things that may help: hot packs to shoulder, stand up or sit upright, rest quitly for 10 minutes, walk, peppermint tea.