Hi everyone, I am searching for anyone who has gone through as much as I have as far as repairs with the lap band. I got my band April 24 2012 lost maybe 35 lbs and by October of the same yr they discovered I had a detached/flipped port that needed to be fixed in order to continue getting fills. During that time I was not getting any restriction after the first few months after surgery. I had that repaired dec 13th 2013. Continued to get my fills as usual and my surgeon never filled me under fluoroscopy and never measured how much fluid was in there after each fill. Fast forward to two weeks ago after firing my surgeon and finding someone else to do my fills and low and behold over a two week period I went from 4cc to <2cc and have been told I probably have a tubing leak from a puncture hole(I know exactly how and when this happened because my port was flipped and they kept poking me trying to find it). Anyways, I've gained almost all my weight back and just started trying to get pregnant before I found out I had a leak and I've given up on weight loss. Just wondered if anyone out there has ever dealt with such terrible luck/poor surgeons? Im thinking I'm not pregnant and have scheduled an appt with a new surgeon that is highly recommended but is 2 hours away and trying to find some new hope.

Your surgeon issue is rather unique so I wouldn't expect many responses. Unfortunately, there are a few bad apple surgeons who don't understand that aftercare is as important as the surgery.

Yeah this is definitely not what I expected and the most expensive frustrating thing ever.