Hi everyone, it's been awhile. I just posted my problem in another section, this site has changed quite a bit since I was last on here. I had been having some problems with eppisodes of vomiting that kept reoccuring so made an appointment with my surgeon for a total unfill and a barium swallow. Found out I have slippage of my band. Does anyone here know what the percentages are for reoccurance of slippage after a repair or a total replacement? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Once the band has slipped, you need an operation. Bands don't "fix" themselves with an unfill. They will reslip once they are refilled. I guess your doctor is tired of messing around with it. Perhaps he is afraid that you will start binge eating if he does an unfill before the operation.

You will be so much happier after getting a sleeve gastrectomy anyway.

Good luck.

Mark Pleatman MD

Index

Nice to see a doctor agrees with me.

Once the band has slipped, you need an operation. Bands don't "fix" themselves with an unfill. They will reslip once they are refilled. I guess your doctor is tired of messing around with it. Perhaps he is afraid that you will start binge eating if he does an unfill before the operation.

You will be so much happier after getting a sleeve gastrectomy anyway.

Good luck.

Mark Pleatman MD

Index

Dr. Pleatman,

My band slipped and we did an unfill and it went back and we have gradually refilled it over the last 2 months. I get a swallow every time (they have the machine in teh office) and it has not slipped back yet. I cannot have another operation at the mo. Are there some things I can focus on to not have it re-slip even without surgery? I would imagine not overeating is one and definately not vomiting... anything else you would suggest?

Oh and I had NO SYMPTOMS of a slippage other than I could eat a lot more. No pain, nothing like that. I had just mildly vomited in October and then had my regular barium swallow in January and they found it....

Edited March 4, 200917 yr by LovingWhatIs
Needed to add one more thing

There isn't anything specific you can do to prevent the slippage (prolapse) from recurring, other than not eat foods that you chew!

By the way those barium swallows give you a significant amount of radiation... like 50 mammograms every time you get one.

Good luck.

Mark Pleatman MD

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There isn't anything specific you can do to prevent the slippage (prolapse) from recurring, other than not eat foods that you chew!

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Thanks so much for your response. It did "slip" again - The stomach actually didn't prolapse (come up through the band) - it is that the band is not at the proper angle anymore, it is horizontal... I am going to have it slowly refilled and stay on Blended foods for a few months until I can afford the surgery to go with a sleeve..... I was happy on a blended raw food diet before and have lost 70 pounds... just don't want to gain it back.

Thanks again.

Lisa,

I think you and I are in the same boat. My band is horizontal after a slip and unfill. I have a small fill and do fill restriction, but I am gaining.

My doctor hasn't advised me a special diet. However, I try to stay on the liquid side. I was told I was basically needing a new band.