The surgeon who will be doing my surgery stiches the band to prevent slippage. Is this what every surgeon does? I am curious about the band slipping and how it could happen?

Janiee, yes that is what they do. Typically, they pull some of your stomach up from below the band and pull it over the band. They then suture it to the stomach tissue above the band. So your band is tucked into a pocket or tunnel of stomach.

When the band "slips" some of the stomach above it gets pulled out too much, sort of like a shirt that's come untucked. So you have a bigger pouch and it puts strain on the band and stress on your stomach.

This is the best way I can explain it.

Thank You Lisa. It makes much more sense to me now:)