Hello I am still looking into having Lapband done, but I want to be prepared for anything so please tell me any complications you had while in surgery or after! Thanks

There is a section on the board for complications.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/forum/70-lap-band-complications/

I can honestly say that I had no issues. My pre and post surgery went off without a hitch. I had no gas and had some normal post surgical discomfort from being sore, but that is it. I was able to sleep in my bed from the first night home. I was back to school teaching with in one week and other than being whacked by a school bag in the stomach, I had no problems.

I was banded October of 09, and recently have had quite a bout with acid reflux and am scheduled to see surgeon next week. I have lost 83 pounds and feel great, not to mention looking pretty darn good in my size 14 jeans. LOL

My surgeon had a great pre-operative information class and everything they outlined in the class was EXACTLY what happened in the hospital. I went home on mushies and moved to solids about 4 weeks after. (I think)

Good Luck and keep doing your research.

I had no complications....the worse part for me was right after surgery and the first week ..after that things have been seamless. I had alot of pain right after surgery and could barly drink anything the first week but I had a couple cc's in my band and my doctor removed that on day 8 and I immedialy felt better. I had so much swelling for some reason that 2 'ccs additional caused alot of discomfort for me for some reason. I was banded on July 30th and have lost 55lbs. I am 35yrs old and was 300lbs when I got surgery and had no health problems at all before surgery. I think all of this goes into account to in order to determine if you might have complications.....

No problems at all. Yea lots of pain for the first few days, but that's normal. it's minimally invasive surgery, the incisions aren't even an inch big.

No problems besides needing a whole new set of clothes!!

First few days w/gas was yucky but bearable. Now 6 months later I feel amazing and so glad I had the surgery!

No complications. Didn't even feel the pain med prescription since I didn't need any in the post-surgery recovery hours.

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No complications at all. I had the usual immediate post operative pain. But no issues at all!

Thanks girls thats very good to here I was reading some of the other complication posts and they kinda have me freaked out!

No problems here either! I just had a little problem with an allergy to the surgical tape. It's healing fine now that an RX cream. Other than that I had very little pain after the surgery ~ just felt a little tired.

My biggest complication was the hit to my bank account. $9950 ouch!

The band has worked well for me and I'm so happy with my results.

I agree w Hummingbird, the $9900 hit I am gng to be feeling for a while but it will be worth it if i get to a healthy weight. I was banded on 1/14/11 and the worst complication was the terrible gas pains in my back and the need to burp but can't. Gas x strips help a bit but it is still bad. This is my 4th post op day and I am glad my insicions hurt very little and I finally feel like it is going to be ok. I'm going back to work tomorrow, i teach Pre-K, wish me luck!

I'd say the only problem I had, and I'm not sure if it can really bea called a complication is one of my incisions was very mildly infected. It was just superficial though so I treated it myself, didn't want to go back if I didn't have to, with antibiotic cream. Due to the infection it is taking longer to heal than the other ones but is healing well now. But all in all as long as my weight loss picks up after my fill my only regret would be not doing it sooner.

thanks everyone keep them coming!