Hi, wanted to see if any of you had similar issues. My husband had the band put in almost 2 years ago. No issues. No great weight loss but he was a pretty low bmi to start. Not unhappy with it, but hindsight (and me being sleeved with no issues) makes him think he should have probably gone with sleeve.

3 weeks ago he was at work and got a really sudden and intense nausea. Within a matter of a few minutes, passed out. They took him to the er and all was ok with his heart and labs so they chalked it up to a fluke and sent him home.

Was doing ok, then Monday the nausea came back same as the previous time. I picked him up from work and he passed out in the car on the way home.

Went to the er and they admitted for 2 days and said heart looked fine. Not sure why it happened.

Might just be a hunch, but I feel it might be band related. They dismissed it in the hospital but I insisted they call his surgeon (at another hospital). He ordered an upper gi and according to them, band placement was fine.

They sent home today and we're seeing the surgeon tomorrow.

Just wanted to throw it out there and see if anyone had anything similar.

Sorry for the long post!

I would love to hear what hoops you had to jump through to get insurance to approve a revision. My daughter had the band a year and a half ago. She lost 60 lbs right away' date=' but stalled. We haven't been back for a band check/fill in a year. She still can't eat much at each sitting and only eats maybe twice a day. She also has PCOS. Had we known, we would have pursued sleeve or RNY. Advice?[/quote']

I didn't really jump through hoops. My stomach prolapsed through the band and was causing my stomach to bleed. The band also caused a hernia that had to be repaired. I needed a blood transfusion because I was losing so much blood from my stomach and was severely dehydrated because I couldn't get anything down. So my doctor sent me to the ER and admitted me and removed the band, fixed the hernia, and did the sleeve. Since it was an emergency I didn't have to go through insurance. Insurance has paid some bills but the big bills haven't been paid so we will see how it goes.