Hey all,

I wanted to open a discussion about permanent damage done to the body after a band has eroded and then removed.

I've been following threads of "The UnBanded Ones" and reading the issues, sometimes very serious ones,they have from the band.

I'll be honest and say it's freaking me to know I have this object in my body that can cause me a lifetime of illness if it goes wrong.

SO I wanted to discuss this as you don't really hear about it a lot. You mostly read "If something is wrong/eroded/etc it's taken out and that's it".

But it seems that is not all there is!

Hey leener: I don't know that there are any stats or facts listing the long term damage done to our bodies after Erosion. I don't know that there is any although I am no expert by any means. All I know is if healed properly the stomach should recover without any issues. If there was other damage done like an enlarged esophagus or ulcer development then that would require more therapy. But I am not sure it could be attributed to the band and erosion.

Forgive me if I am not making sense. This has been a long day for me.

The place where my pouch used to be is what I call my stomach now, which always feels sour and sore, kinda burns. I'm sure if I ate bland small portions for awhile I'd feel better. The whole band thing was probably a bad idea for me since the problem is all in the way I think about food. Fix the thought process and the eating should follow - in a perfect world.

There really are no long long term statistics anywhere. The band has been done longest in Australia and even that's only a decade or so. We dont even know for sure that any of us will have these things in our bodies in 20 years time.

Interesting replies, thanks for your thoughts.

Penni, I got what you were saying..heheh I know you had a hard day, I was reading it..lol

scary thought........."we don't know if any of us will have our bands in 20 years"..........so true though. I could never afford a new band once I retire.