The bottom fell out and Lappy didn't survive ;(

[shuckybucky 107]

I was banded in March of 2011 and have lost 75 pounds since then. Last Thursday I attempted to eat some refried Beans and almost immediately I began getting sick. I had been getting sick a lot lately and had gone in the day before and had my band deflated to try and get myself together. This would be my last attempt with the band. The pain got worse and the vomiting and dry heaving would not let up. The doctor that deflated my band the day before just happened to call and check on me during this ordeal and he advised me to meet him at the ER and the odds were that I would be admited for surgery. I went to the ER and he had orders waiting so they quickly drew my labs and gave me pain meds as well as phenergan for the dry heaving. He showed up to do the barrium swallow and sure enough my entire stomach had prolapsed through the band (he said the band hadn't slipped so I guess there is a difference between a prolapse and a slip). My blood count was very low because I had been getting sick for a while and turns out the lining of my stomach was bleeding. He admited me and took me in for surgery at 7 the next morning. The band had got under my spleen and there was some trauma there but they were able to control the bleeding and leave the spleen. He fixed a hernia that had been caused since getting the band and resectioned me to a sleeve. I feel so lost now because I know nothing about the sleeve and of course I'm scared that something could go wrong with it. Even though I had a bad experience I do not regret my decision to have WLS and I'm looking forward to moving on and healing up. I really can't say that I should have done things differently because I didn't have the signs people talk about. I was always able to get liquids down but was never able to get the band adjusted correctly. Anyway I'm gonna miss lappy but hopefully sleeve will give me what I need and with less problems.

[CHEZNOEL 4,061]

I hope you get well soon. Sorry for your troubles.

[shuckybucky 107]

Thank you. I feel like I have been run over but each day is getting better. After spending 5 nights in the hospital I'm ready to heal.

[Maddysgram 6,159]

I'm really sorry for your problems and I hope and pray your sleeve works out for you.

Thank you for bring this to our attention. I def going to learn more about prolapses and slips. I know we all worry about these kind of complications.

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

I am so sorry you went through this. I hope you do well with the Sleeve and can live a happy, healthy life.

[shuckybucky 107]

Thank you. I feel I will be just as successful with the sleeve and there are some benefits that the sleeve has and the band doesn't so it is a fair trade. I was never able to get fills and things like they said I should. Actually the most I ever had in my band was 2cc which is amazing that I lost that much with so little but it just wasn't meant to be.

[Kime-lou 648]

Oh, my goodness you went through a horrible time. I hope you heal quickly and are able to be happy and healthy from this point forward.

[A New New Dawn 1,695]

I am so sorry you had to endure that. Thank you for sharing your story as it is something I hadn't heard of before. I hope all works out well for you and you heal up quickly.

[TriciaLN 177]

Wow...thanks for sharing. Hope everything works out for you.

[Alex Brecher 10,496]

I was banded in March of 2011 and have lost 75 pounds since then. Last Thursday I attempted to eat some refried Beans and almost immediately I began getting sick. I had been getting sick a lot lately and had gone in the day before and had my band deflated to try and get myself together. This would be my last attempt with the band. The pain got worse and the vomiting and dry heaving would not let up. The doctor that deflated my band the day before just happened to call and check on me during this ordeal and he advised me to meet him at the ER and the odds were that I would be admited for surgery. I went to the ER and he had orders waiting so they quickly drew my labs and gave me pain meds as well as phenergan for the dry heaving. He showed up to do the barrium swallow and sure enough my entire stomach had prolapsed through the band (he said the band hadn't slipped so I guess there is a difference between a prolapse and a slip). My blood count was very low because I had been getting sick for a while and turns out the lining of my stomach was bleeding. He admited me and took me in for surgery at 7 the next morning. The band had got under my spleen and there was some trauma there but they were able to control the bleeding and leave the spleen. He fixed a hernia that had been caused since getting the band and resectioned me to a sleeve. I feel so lost now because I know nothing about the sleeve and of course I'm scared that something could go wrong with it. Even though I had a bad experience I do not regret my decision to have WLS and I'm looking forward to moving on and healing up. I really can't say that I should have done things differently because I didn't have the signs people talk about. I was always able to get liquids down but was never able to get the band adjusted correctly. Anyway I'm gonna miss lappy but hopefully sleeve will give me what I need and with less problems.

I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your Lap Band! You're lucky your surgeon was able to convert you immediately to a gastric Sleeve. Many surgeons will wait a few months after a lap band is removed in order to operate again on your stomach by converting to a Sleeve. You saved yourself an additional surgery. You'll find quite a few individuals in a similar situation as you've found yourself at our sister site, VerticalSleeveTalk.com . You can easily log in with your LBT credentials at VST.

[hummingbird7 18]

That is so scary! I can't imagine going through such an ordeal. Get well soon and best of luck with your sleave.