I have some concerns now. Have any of you had any slippage? Has your portal flipped over? Or has anyone had the lap band long enough to cause a whole in your stomach? Those are the things that stuck with me all night. Then they brought up the sleeve and it had the same effects but less things could go wrong..lol So I'm unsure if the lap band is right for me. Any advise or any comments do these things happen out the percentage of it happening?

Thanks everyone

I have some concerns now. Have any of you had any slippage? Has your portal flipped over? Or has anyone had the lap band long enough to cause a whole in your stomach? Those are the things that stuck with me all night. Then they brought up the sleeve and it had the same effects but less things could go wrong..lol So I'm unsure if the lap band is right for me. Any advise or any comments do these things happen out the percentage of it happening?

Thanks everyone

I think it has more to do with the amount of weight you need to lose. I have friends who have gotten the lap band and 2 who have gotten the sleeve. Not to scare you, but I've seen much more devastating injuries/hospitalizations with the sleeve. Do your homework and realize that any procedure is going to require you to do your part. With the sleeve - the stomach can regenerate itself over time and I witnessed one of my coworker's near death after eating the wrong thing with the sleeve. If it were me, I would try the least invasive procedure first. Read what others have had to say and make your decision then. If you go with the sleeve, be prepared for skin hanging...everywhere, especially around the midsection and the thighs. With the lap band, the skin has a better chance of keeping up/tightening with the fat loss. I thought about the sleeve, too but the recovery is no joke.

I rather you be honest. It is a life changing producer. I want to make the right decision. Thank you

Whichever surgery you go with there is always going to be risks and some complications. Make sure you do ALOT of research and pick a good surgeon that has experience with either the lap band or the sleeve. I was thinking about the sleeve too but I would rather having something thats reverseable and doesn't require cutting my stomach in half.

When you are talking about slippage its mostly caused by the patient not eating/drinking what they should and stretching the pouch that is made with the lap band. Some cases its the surgeon's placement of the band that could cause a slippage (in most cases this doesn't happen). A good friend of mine just had her revision surgery for a slipped band because she wasn't sticking to her doctors guidelines and not living the "banded" life as everyone calls it.

I'm not trying to scare ya here but I'm getting banded on May 21st and it took me a year to figure out what surgery I was going to go with. Like I said make sure you research both surgerys as much as you can and pick a really good surgeon for either of the surgerys!

-Amine