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Hi, I just had my band removed on Monday 19th March. I was only in as a day patient and was home that same day. With all the pain relief etc I felt fine the day of the operation and when I came home. Yesterday was very sore and very tired but pain relief helped - not much sleep though due to gas pain in shoulders. Woke up this morning and not much pain at all... no gas. Bit sore when i move obviously but nothing too bad. Much better than when it was put in. I am off on a golfing break only 13 days post op and my surgeon has said I will be perfectly fine by then to play so i'm sure that a chilled cruise wont cause you any issues! He reckons about 5 days will be pain free and by 7/8 days the incisions will be practically fully healed. Hope that helps

Ohh that sounds horrible. Glad your ok.

I haven't yet but am planning too very soon. It's just not working for me and I'm suffering really bad abdominal pain. I've had it 4 yrs and stopped loosing weight about 18mths ago. Had it loosened completely at beginning of feb and have lost 10lbs since without using it! Always suffered acid reflux and now with this pain I've had enough.

It's amazing that you had a slipped band and yet no sickness! I too am currently experiencing severe abdominal pain and the ER have said a few reasons including diverticulitis. I can't wait to see my surgeon tomorrow and see what's really going on as I am convinced it's band related. I've had my band 4 yrs and never had anything like this pain. I just feel like something's wrong. I wish you well, I will be having my band removed by choice regardless as I am scared of being in these situations with no specialists to help. Please let us know how your recovery goes.

Hi All How soon after removal of the band do you think i'd be able to play golf? I'm talking about if it was a straight forward removal with no complications? Also how long would it be i should wait before getting pregnant? Obviously i'll ask my consultant but just looking for an indicaton on what you guys who have been through it think! thanks

Thank you for all your comments, keep them coming as I really appreciate your thoughts. I am still in some pain but waiting for my appointment tomorrow night because the a&e made me feel like I was wasting their time and they didn't want to know. I am in the Cheltenham area (uk) if anyone else knows of an a&e that might help somewhere near me? If you didn't have pain, how did u know u had a slipped band? I've still not had any sickness - do you always get sickness with a slip? Thanks

Ahhh brilliant! That's cleared the annoying numbers!! Thank u!

I have just downloaded the iphone app and it keeps showing a count of 36 on the icon... What is that from, i cant work out how to get rid of the annoying number showing?? Also when i am reading forums it keeps popping up askng me to download the free app but i am already using it!! If i click yes then it takes me to my app store and shows that i have already downloaded the app!! wierd...

Hi All I'm interested in your thoughts on my current condition and to see if anyone else has had the same... I have had my band since July 2008. I had my band completely unfilled (apart from 2mls in my 10ml band) on 6th Feb because I wasnt loosing weight with it filled and I was suffering with awful reflux. I have been loosing more weight eating a balanced diet anyway. Everything was going great I could eat anything and was eating healthy/loosing weight until Tues 20th Feb when I started getting some mild abdominal pain in my left side of my stomach. Almost felt like mild hunger pains. This progressively got worse as the week went on. On Thursday 23rd I couldnt barely walk anywhere cuz of the pain. I called my band doctor but couldnt get in to see him until Monday 5th March - ~I had my band private and in the UK there are not many specialsts around and I have no long term aftercare package. Friday night i was completely double over with the pain and my chest also felt tight around my port sight. I ended up going to A&E on Saturday monring but they referred me straight around to the 'out of hours GP' - I saw a GP who examined my stomach and talked through symptoms then said he thought I may have 'Diverticulitis' which is some kind of inflamaton relating to your colon. However you dont normally get this until you are in your 60's and I am only 35!! He perscribed me two lots of strong antbiotics and sent me home and advised I see my GP in the next few days. By Sunday the pan had reduced and was back to tues/wed pain levels. I went to see my own GP on Monday morning and he was not happy with the level of pain i was stll in and also felt i was too young for the diagnoses given. He also thought that the unfill was probably more related so he sent me to the hospital for a surgeons opnion. Got to A&E and they did blood tests and a chest x-ray - chest xray to look for gas under my diaphram which might indicate a perforated stomach (negative result) and Blood Tests to look for indicators of inflammations or infections (Which were also negative but he said potentially clouded by the strong antbiotics i have been taking and because I had more antibiotics the previous weeks for a throat infection). He finished the consult by saying they've ruled out life threatening stuff and they dont know anything about bands so cant look into that and I have to go private!! (Brilliant NHS!) Since then my pain has been intermittent everyday and generally seems to be worse after i eat or if i sit upright for long periods eg, at my desk. It got really bad again yesterday evening... I've only got to wait until Monday night to see my band surgeon now but trouble is he will only be in a consult envroment with no equiptment for test so there wll be another wait. Has anyone else had these kinds of symptoms? I can eat and am not being sick but the pain is immense at times. thanks

well i'm gutted that no-one offered me support or advice even though 52 people read this message. In case anyone is interested my tightness lasted for 5 days & is now back to a good restriction but where i can eat and drink small portions. I guess it must have been hormonal or something.... but all i can say is if you get this happen it might be worth sitting it out for a few days before having Fluid removed then regretting it!

Hi all I had a fill 2 weeks ago & finally got proper restriction - it was brilliant but the last 2 days I have been really really tight.. I can drink Water but struggle with thick Soup let alone any solid food. Is this normal for it to get really tight after 2 weeks of being ok? Do you think it will return to how it was before? I am not upset, stressed or hormonal as far as i am aware! I am gutted that its got tight when it seemed to be perfect! I have a 10cc band and I had 0.75mils put in to take me up to 8.75cc. At 7cc I had hardly any restriction. Please help - I really dont want to pay again for another bit to be removed if it will improve. I've had my band just over a year now and not been very sucessful with the weight loss - only lost 1.5 stone... finally I am in the right frame of mind & seeing weight come off when this happens to ruin it! arrghhhh... thanks Sally

i've got a bit of a phone phobia... hence postin on here!! lol I'd feel silly and wouldn't know what to say - i thought the NHS direct is for emergency illnesses etc..? I just wanted to know if anyone else had managed to get assistane with aftercare from NHS when they originally went private.... can you give any indication on this..? thanks