I am day 1 post op, now resting at home from band removal and conversion to gastric sleeve. My surgeon said my surgery took over 4 hours because 1)my pancreatic artery was trapped inside the band, 2)lots of scar tissue posterior side of band, 3). Not only was my port sewn in side ways (hence the electrical shocks I had been getting) but was leaking fluid. And the kicker is it was a port from the Realize band attached hodgepodged to an allergan lapband which are not interchangeable! No wonder I have had so many problems with the lapband. Good riddance lap band and hello sleeve!

Oh my that sounds awful! The band scares me! Glad you got that out!

Omg! So glad that's out!

I am day 1 post op, now resting at home from band removal and conversion to gastric sleeve. My surgeon said my surgery took over 4 hours because 1)my pancreatic artery was trapped inside the band, 2)lots of scar tissue posterior side of band, 3). Not only was my port sewn in side ways (hence the electrical shocks I had been getting) but was leaking Fluid. And the kicker is it was a port from the Realize band attached hodgepodged to an allergan lapband which are not interchangeable! No wonder I have had so many problems with the lapband. Good riddance lap band and hello sleeve!

What the he**? I hope you went to a new surgeon. That is crazy! I am so glad you got the band out. Hopefully us ex banders will thrive the sleeve

Wow, tat sounds horrible! Glad you got that out! Guessing you went to a different doctor?

Oh my! I'm so glad you got that awful mess out of you!

Wow. I'm scheduled for July 16th for my revision and I'm so worried that I'll wake up in recovery and be told that my stomach was too damaged to do the sleeve at the same time. If yours was that damaged and your doc was able to revise you, my should certainly be able to do it.

Glad to hear your home and recovering nicely. Keep getting better!

Sounds like malpractice to me!

I had so much damage from my band that I had to let my stomach heal before they could do my sleeve. I'm now 6 weeks out and LOVE my sleeve. My life is so much better!!!

I have a wonderful new surgeon at Kaiser. A million times different from start to finish. O band group felt like a cattle call to me rushing us in and out of surgery only to desert me post op. Thank God I have Kaiser - I think it gave me my life back.

Hope you have a good lawyer .

Oh Jezze! That sounds awful I hope u feel better !