lap band erosion

[Susan58 10]

I had a scope and have found out that lap band has eroded into my stomach and I have to have it removed. waiting on call from doctor office to schedule and was just wondering if anyone ever had this problem and how it was handled. thanks.

[B-52 7,113]

What were your symptoms???

[KateP 359]

I am so sorry! I hope your removal goes smoothly. Are you revising?

[Susan58 10]

_{I have had trouble since day one- the lap band was just a good fit for me, back in November I had to have all the Fluid taken out because I got where I couldn't even hold down sips of Water. anyway I went back to my doctor in March to get a fill and try to start over and he wouldn't do the fill until I had a scope done to make sure the band was still in the right place.... that is when I found out it was eroded into my stomach. so now I am just waiting to have it taken out. my doctor said all this would have to heal before he could do a sleeve or anything else, so another surgery..... I think I am just done!}

[Lady VS 1,147]

Sorry to hear that especially since it hasn't even been a whole year of you having the band. Wow! Kind regards to you.

[Sharpie 3,306]

I am sorry for your difficulty. I am surprised that it would erode that quickly. I wonder if the Dr knows what would cause that? I know mine prohibits carbonation , and Ibuprofen but if you did not use either of those how could the band erode so quickly? I would like to know what they found if you can follow up.

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

Sorry for your bad experience. I'm watching this thread too to learn from it.

[Susan58 10]

I am having the band removed tomorrow. Hopefully they can do it endoscope so I won't have to have surgery. The dr. Said he really doesn't know what caused it. He said this is just one of the complications. I will post more after it is removed. Thanks for all the support.

[Susan58 10]

I had my band removed on Friday. It turned out to be way bigger deal than was anticipated. They were able to do it endoscopic but had to intubate me and it took almost two hours. I can safely say I will not be getting another lap band. This has been almost a year of hell. Not to mention all the expense and time off work. I had been telling my doctor for months that something wasn't right, but of course he was the doctor so knew more than me. Lol.

[meggs353 118]

Good for you to take care of yourself. So sorry you had this terrible problem. It goes to show, we should (quite literally!) listen to our guts if something feels wrong!