I am going to have my lap band removed next week. It is eroding and causing significant pain in my stomach, mostly upper left quadrant. I was just wondering what to expect in terms of length of stay in the hospital after the surgery. I have heard that it can vary depending on the extent of the damage. I pray the stay is not long, but I am worried there is considerable damage with the amount of pain I have been experiencing.

Sorry to hear of your difficulties, but best wishes to you. Are you planning on having a revision in the future?

I am going to have my lap band removed next week. It is eroding and causing significant pain in my stomach, mostly upper left quadrant. I was just wondering what to expect in terms of length of stay in the hospital after the surgery. I have heard that it can vary depending on the extent of the damage. I pray the stay is not long, but I am worried there is considerable damage with the amount of pain I have been experiencing.

HI

I had my band removed a couple weeks ago. My surgery was at 4:30pm. I spent the night, and was given approval for discharge by my surgeon at 7am the next morning. I spent the night because I live an hour away from my surgeon and wanted to be close in case there were any problems.

There was very little damage internally, so I don't know how much difference there will be for you since you already know there is considerable damage.

I thought there would be a lot of damage because of how miserable I had been, so was pleasantly surprized.

I was on clear liquids in the hospital during the night. Full liquids the next day, then mushies by that first evening for 1 to 2 weeks according to my own judgment. I ate a lot of scrambled eggs, yams, and chocolate pudding.

Take good care of yourself!

~hiddn

My plan is to have a gastric sleeve done since I've had a pretty terrible experience with the band. Thank you for your reply to my post.

I went home same day as my removal. I had a slip with just early erosion though so you may have a completely different experience. I will say that as soon as I woke up from surgery all the discomfort I'd had with my band was totally gone. It was like magic good luck!!!

Hello: My band eroded and I had it removed in July. Removal was Tuesday morning. I was sent home on Friday morning. It's a lot harder than getting the band because the surgeon has to repair the damage from the erosion. They didn't let me have anything by mouth until Friday morning. You'll be on IV for all of your nutrition if they treat you like I was treated. I wish you the best. I ended up having an infection and back into the hospital for four more days. All is well now, but I'm grieving for my band. I am now considering sleeve, but I have a lot to learn. Best wishes for your surgery.