I am about to be banded in Oct. I am reading a lot of topics and now I am scared of my unit slipping ...... i am paying out of pocket on payments and what if my band slips!!! im scared now damnit

If you follow the rules and don't have your band too tight the chances of slippage are actually quite low.

What if you went for a sleeve and had a leak, or a bypass and died from malnutrition ?

or even worse

did nothing and died young from obesity related illness?

It's all relative, everything in life has a risk, you have to weigh it up and see if the risks out weigh the benefits or viceversa. We should try not to base all our decisions on fear. One of the most dangerous things people do every day is either cross the road or get in a car but they carry on doing these things.

If you do get banded and at some stage in the future you have complications such as a slip then generally you may need the band to be unfilled for a while, you may need further surgery to correct the slip, you may need the band replaced or you may decide to revise to another surgery. Generally these situations are not particularly dangerous or life threatening. The only thing is you will need money to pay for whatever correction is deemed necessary.

It is normal to be scared before surgery, you would be the exception if you weren't.

But soon you will be on the other side and wondering why you were scared and wishing that you had done this sooner.

All the best.

If you follow the rules and don't have your band too tight the chances of slippage are actually quite low.

What if you went for a sleeve and had a leak, or a bypass and died from malnutrition ?

or even worse

did nothing and died young from obesity related illness?

It's all relative, everything in life has a risk, you have to weigh it up and see if the risks out weigh the benefits or viceversa. We should try not to base all our decisions on fear. One of the most dangerous things people do every day is either cross the road or get in a car but they carry on doing these things.

If you do get banded and at some stage in the future you have complications such as a slip then generally you may need the band to be unfilled for a while, you may need further surgery to correct the slip, you may need the band replaced or you may decide to revise to another surgery. Generally these situations are not particularly dangerous or life threatening. The only thing is you will need money to pay for whatever correction is deemed necessary.

It is normal to be scared before surgery, you would be the exception if you weren't.

But soon you will be on the other side and wondering why you were scared and wishing that you had done this sooner.

All the best.

YOUR RIGHT!!

Thank you! most the time the glass is always 1/2 empty with me! LOL

thank you very much you made me feel a lot better!