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Lap Band Leak And Replacement

pippinje

By pippinje, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Cocoabean    430

Cocoabean
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Pip, thanks for posting your experience. Glad to hear surgery went well and you are recovering.

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54Shirley    105

54Shirley
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If you have a small leak they can fill you with a small amount of accryllic to stop the leak. Not a Big Deal at all. This was done just as a precautionary method in the event there was a small leak.

I know I had it done, and I have not got a leak.

As far as revision to RNY. No Way Ever !

Everyone that I ever knew is in the Ground !

Last summer I went to a Funeral Parlor, and the poor girl was skin n bones.

This is a Mechanical device that works by maintenance from a Dr...

That is the bottom line, and if your not happy with it, don't complain about it, do something about it.

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Formerly Fluffy    5

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If you have a small leak they can fill you with a small amount of accryllic to stop the leak. Not a Big Deal at all. This was done just as a precautionary method in the event there was a small leak.

I know I had it done, and I have not got a leak.

As far as revision to RNY. No Way Ever !

Everyone that I ever knew is in the Ground !

Last summer I went to a Funeral Parlor, and the poor girl was skin n bones.

This is a Mechanical device that works by maintenance from a Dr...

That is the bottom line, and if your not happy with it, don't complain about it, do something about it.

Oh so anyone that had RNY and died has now died b/c of the RNY??? Bandsters die too btw!

~if your not happy with it, don't complain about it~

Oh so this "support" forum is not for support if you complain about your band? It's just for ppl that are happy with it?

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54Shirley    105

54Shirley
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Oh so anyone that had RNY and died has now died b/c of the RNY??? Bandsters die too btw!

~if your not happy with it, don't complain about it~

Oh so this "support" forum is not for support if you complain about your band? It's just for ppl that are happy with it?

I don't believe "support" as you call it is cronic complaining ! Who does that help except you ? If you want to pitch a B!tch ! Look in the Mirror, and B!tch ! Makes as much sense as coming on here, and complaining...

BTW I never said people with the Band don't Die ! I have never know one yet though, but I sure knew a lot of women that regained there weight, and died from Kidney Failure, or Malabsorption.

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Formerly Fluffy    5

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I don't believe "support" as you call it is cronic complaining ! Who does that help except you ? If you want to pitch a B!tch ! Look in the Mirror, and B!tch ! Makes as much sense as coming on here, and complaining...

BTW I never said people with the Band don't Die ! I have never know one yet though, but I sure knew a lot of women that regained there weight, and died from Kidney Failure, or Malabsorption.

Oh and now YOU get to decide who comes on here and posts.........and what they're allowed to say? lol

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Humming Bird    275

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That blame the bandster mentality is extremely tacky! She had a leak! That is NOT her fault! You are deflecting from the issue. It is a BAND FAILEURE NOT A BANDSTER FAILURE!!!

Your blaming the bandsters reminds me off those ppl that blame rape victims for getting raped!

I didn't blame her at all. Read my post again. I said if I sprung a leak I would get it replaced.

The rest of my post was about YOU!

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Jachut    487

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Im likely going to have to unfill my band - again, sigh- as im having surgical scar revision/incisional hernia repair/tummy tuck and the plastic surgeon said why wouldnt you just swap over to a Low profile port while youre at it? So ill check it out with a barium x ray before then, seeing my surgeon next week. If the band needed replacing i would do it again in a heartbeat. Mine has given me six years, and id still rather hav a band. Im already missing enough of my digestive system as it is.

But if it were a necessity, i wouldnt fear the sleeve.

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FinallyFree0812    9

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I hope the band lasts for a very long time for me, but if I have to go and have something done to fix it or even replace it, I will. I wonder who has had their original band for the longest on here without having to have some sort of surgical repair or replacement?

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Jachut    487

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Well in all truth, its likely nothing is wrong with mine, they just believe that its settled a bit with the complete unfill. Also, whilst unfilled i lost 20 lb and got extremely thin. I havent regained aLl of that. My surgeon believes that it may be possible that its simply a bit too big for me now. Its an old 9.75cm 4 cc band with 3.8 in it. I have restriction that works, just way less than i previously would have hadvat this fill level.

So id say im fairly long serving at six years and a couple of months. Never had a problem other than having to unfill for a surgery. Lost slowly and steadily and never regained any (other than some of the weight i lost while having cancer treatment) I know Jack has had his even longer but havent seen him here for ages.

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jgatorz11    0

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If the band had a leak in it then why did the manufacture of the band not pay for the cost of the new band. It was a defect in the product. I have had the same thing happend to me, but I don't want my insurance to have to pay for a defect in the band. It was not my fault, the doctor or the insurance company.

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okiekatt    40

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I had my surgery April 13th 2011 5 months and 7 fills later the doctor stated that he thought I had a leak, and needed another flouro to confirm, it was confirmed and Sept 6th I had a port replacement surgery, just for the record, make sure you get your faulty lapband back (as instructed by Allergan) before you leave the hospital, I asked for mine to be returned 5 mins before going into surgery and I was promised by the assisting surgical nurse who is also my doctors pa that does his fills in office, that it would be returned to me, that nooooooooooo way would it be thrown away……. on my first visit post op, I asked where it was and acted like they didn’t know what I was talking about, said they would make a few calls then blamed it on the hospitals for throwing it away. It about screwed me over but I was so lucky that when the hospital did the flouro they just happen to take 4 pictures that was stored in their software that showed the leak, they put it on a dvd for me and that saved my butt, btw the doctor’s office didn’t help in recovering the flouro pics I do xray and I remembered the new machines stored info, so I ran and got a copy before anything else could come up missing, I can’t really go into it (per agreement signed with Allergan) but if you have a leak get your band back and you have less than 90 days to do something

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