Hi,

I saw my Dr Monday, an upper GI confirmed that my band has slipped and my pouch I'd dilated. I am assuming that my insurance is going to cover the repair/ and revision to the sleeve. I decided to wait until Dec 16th due to schedule issues. I can eat some, but I stay nauseous and have incredible heartburn. I've been reading post for several days, but I don't see many people with slippage. I found that odd. Thanks for letting me in. I need lots of support. Lol I was banded in 2008 and have lost 135 lbs. I regained the 35, but I have it under conrtol. I am not losing now. Even with really low calorie intake. scales just not moving.

Sorry to hear about your slip! I was banded in 2008 too. I lost 70 pounds that first year and then had a slip. Had band revision surgery and for whatever reason I continued to have major night reflux issues with the band at all tight, so I had to keep it loose and I regained all the weight - plus some. I was SO hungry! It's been a rough road. But so great to be where I am now. I just today actually surpassed the lowest weight I had gotten to with the band, so it's wonderful to have undone the post-slip damage and now be working towards new horizons.

So - I'm happy for you that you can (fingers crossed) go directly to the sleeve at this point. My understanding is that for people who did well with the band, there is an adjustment with the sleeve. For some they feel less restriction than with the band. You'll need to work on relearning what your full/satisfied signs are. CowgirlJane is a wonderful resource on this topic. She's a band to sleever who's been incredibly successful and her posts are just very insightful and helpful.

Thank you so much for the encouragement! I am so worried about not losing again. It's good to hear that so many people do so well.

I just had my revision from band to sleeve, I did not have a slip band that I know of. I have lost 11 lbs since surgery on Nov 5, so there is hope after the band!

Hi I'm 7 weeks out of band to sleeve revision, I was at my goal weight with the band but it had slipped, since then I have gained 22lbs I was dhydrated before and had a terrible time, everything is great now except I'm hungry, my insides were in a terrible state with gastritis and esophigitis, I desperately want to get back to my goal weight and lose this hunger feeling, does the ghrelin affect come in at different stages?

Sooooooo.....My surgery was bumped up to November 18th, which was about 3 weeks ago. My condition worsened and my dr didnt think it was safe to wait. The surgery ended up taking over 3 hours just to locate and detach the band from my stomach. I am told the surgery took a turn for the worse when my vitals began to drop. Long story short, he was not able to do the sleeve. So now I wait. He said we can start over in January.....I am not sure how my insurance will look at this mess, it was initially approved. Its been a long 3 weeks.