Hi, everyone;

Just banded 6 weeks ago, have not had a fill due to unexplained abdominal pain. Dr. has determined that the tube has come loose from the band. (CAT scan).

Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen. I will be having another surgery soon.

Oh my! Sorry to hear that. I've heard of it happening, but I thought it was kind of rare due to how much extra tubing they put in. Hope you have a speedy recovery and can start getting your fills soon!

hi lovechunks the same happened to me i had my lap band surgery on 23 may this year 2 dats later i started to get pain in my pelvis area but just thought it would go away i even had my coil taken out but pain still kept comeing and going . i went to nottingham to have my first fill the doctor took xrays while he was flushing water through my port to clean the band but it wasent going through it was leaking they told me to take my xrays back to the surgeon who done my op dr beckingham he looked at them and made a surgery date a week later i went back to hospital on the 17 july the tube had come away he said he put them back together it been a week now my incishions have healed now he use two of the insitions from before i now am going to have my first fill this friday 28 july so hopefully i can start getting some results from this band ive lost a stone (14 pounds)since having band but scales havent moved since you will be ok so dont worry all the best x

I knew I would I would hear this, is not the right place for this, why? because denial runs deep in all of us and as long as all is well with us as individuals its cool and we can try to sympathize with another but unless we our selves have experienced the struggle we can’t relate. OK!

I am not trying to change anyone’s mind, when my band was working I loved it and the fact that it is not now working is not its fault. I still love my band. I take responsibility for not stopping all the poking and prodding my doc said I should have stopped them at two attempts. What I am hoping for here is to let banisters know there are potential problems that they can avoid.

As a fat person I know our hope runs deep, we hope for the best but seldom plan for the worst. Here is the worst case, plan for it, it doesn’t mean it will happen but if it does take control of the situation. Research who does your fills and be clear you are the customer and be in control. If I had read my story I would have known not to let someone dig around in there because it could cause a potential leak.

Don’t under estimate our readers they don’t want the glossed over version of the lap band they want to know the good, the bad and the ugly.

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