I have been reading alot of different stuff in the different catagories on this site and I have seen alot of people who say they have had thier bands removed due to erosion only after one year. Is this a common occurance?? My doctor made it sound like this band would last for a very long time. This makes me kind of nervous. :omg:

I think to be honest, the real statistics on slippage and erosion are pretty small but you have to remember that a lot of people that have suffered these things will be seeking support from them online.

The one concerning thing is I dont think the professionals really truly know yet how to (if its possible) prevent these complications occurring int he first place and we definitely dont have long term data on the band since even here in Australia its only been done 10 years or so, less in the States.

I think moderate restriction, avoiding being over full, stuck often and definitely avoiding PBing is perhaps the only thing you can do in the hope that that may increase your odds of keeping your band. That and a healthy dose of remembering that statistically speaking, its only a couple of percent of people that experience these problems.

Hello Jachut I really want to know if you would how you got your ticker to work and show I pasted my http and that is what i am seeing, I havent been banded yet hopefully I will be by christmas but I am nervous and really am trying to talk to as many people as i can I am attending support group and trying to find out all i can before then can you help me with this and the tidker question as well

thank you Patti