I've been reading multiple boards and have some concerns about the band after reading the VSG board. I am planning on having the band with plication, but I keep hearing horror stories about the side effects of the band. Some are saying they had vomiting every day, PB, sliming, can't eat out because of vomiting, etc. I see a lot of the same posters (many of whom I believe to have an anti-lapband agenda); I don't think there are many who have serious issues like these, but I am curious about the frequency and severity of the nasty stuff.

I am pretty tough and I'm not scared of some discomfort as long as I get the results I need. So far, I'm still planning on a banded plication, just want the straight facts. Thanks!

Nikki

I am about 8 months out from my surgery ( think I am calculating that right anyway. lol) and I have never vomited, not even one time. I have gotten sick about three times, each time was my own doing in overeating and they sure were hard learning processes for me. I did get very nauseated, upper stomach pains and I could even feel the pain all the way up into my neck and my eardrums. Those symptoms passed in about a half hour each time. I did have something close to sliming one time when I ate a meat on a stick from a Chinese place, I think because of not being able to chew it up completely. I also have a bit of an issue with cornbread, I make a low fat/low calorie version and I have to eat a small piece VERY slowly or it feels like it might get stuck.

But anyway, when I felt like the meat on a stick was stuck, I didnt throw up at all, I just drank some Water and eventually I felt it sort of dislodge itself and pass down through. Yipe, that was scary. Won't be eating that again, or if I do, will cut it in TEENY tiny bites and chew even more than I likely did before.

Wishing you the best of luck with your surgery.