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30 months and my band has slipped!

kellymoos

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kellymoos    4

kellymoos
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I got a piece of broccoli stuck Friday night and started PB'ing, throwing up from that and I am pretty sure that it was caused the slip being as I just had a barium swallow on 2-20-06 and it was fine. No I did not lose that weight that I wanted to. I still wanted to lose more.

If I have it fixed isn't there more of a chance that this will happen again?

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Dody    0

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OK, I understand you got sick and vomited, but this doesn't necessarily mean your band has slipped. What indications do you have that it has? Have you seen a dr? Bands are pretty resilliant and lots of people have PB'd and the band hasen't slipped. Maybe (and I hope so) you just think it has. Keep us posted.

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kellymoos    4

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I just got back from having a barium swallow and you can tell in the picture. There is NO FLOW AT ALL going through the band. The band has moved and is now horizontal instead of where it was in the Feb. x-rays.

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DOC    0

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I am so sorry you are going through this. Excuse the questions, but I am a newbee.

1. What made you have the barium in February?

2. I thought if you unfilled the band sometimes it goes back in place?

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kellymoos    4

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Had the Barium in February just to have it done, it had been about 1 year since my last one. I am unfilled right now and have not been able to keep anything down. I have talked to the nurse at my Dr's office and I am waiting for the Dr to call me.

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DOC    0

DOC
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Kelly,

Thank you for answering my questions.... I hope it all goes your way, but in life I found it works out, but not the way I planned it!

Keep us posted...

Donna

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Alexandra    55

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Kelly!! Bandsister!! Wow, this is totally eerie--I'm expecting to be told the same thing when I go in for an endoscopy this week.

BIG HUGS TO YOU! I hope and pray the unfill gets things back into place for you. :hug: :hug:

If everything was hunky-dory back then, isn't it surprising that just one PB would make it slip? What did your doctor have to say about that?

Sheesh, I'm in trouble. :omg:

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Penni60    45

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Awww Kelly I am sooooooooooo sorry to hear of your slip. If I were in your shoes, I would get it fixed and worry about whether or not it will happen in the future later. If it happens again then just have the dang thing taken out. You are such a trooper and I know this is a hard decision. Look on the bright side, it isn't eroded.

HUGS

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the best me    6

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This sucks and I dont know if I want to take it out or have it fixed....

Kelly, have it fixed. You said you aren't done losing. I wondered for myself what I would do "IF" and I keep thinking about Penni and La Madam (and our other former bandsters) who say how the hungries just kick in HARD with no band. I'd imagine having an unfilled unslipped band is better than no band at all. I think when we don't have restriction, we take our band for granted but it IS working, you know? Get it fixed, keep it unfilled for a long time if you have to. You have done so well, don't give up!!!

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Dody    0

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I just got back from having a barium swallow and you can tell in the picture. There is NO FLOW AT ALL going through the band. The band has moved and is now horizontal instead of where it was in the Feb. x-rays.

So sorry, my heart goes out to you.

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kellymoos    4

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I know this may sound weird, but I am tired of the fill, unfill, stress makes it to tight, Dr is only in his office every other Mon and Tues, other than that have a 2 hour drive to see him. I have been to tight too many times and it is hell to get unfilled. Then I am always wondering, is it eroded, has it slipped, am I too tight, do I need a fill? Too much drama with it. I do not want to fix it now and then in another year be back in the hospital with a slip. My husband has had cancer and our medical bills are overwhelming as it is. Now this........I think I am done with it. I am glad that I had it done, it has helped me. I know that I don't want to be overwieght again, but I can't stand this feeling either............ummmm

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m1806    0

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I am so sorry your band has slipped after all you've been through. What was it that let you know your band slipped?

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