Hi All,

I was banded on Jan 3rd 2007 and had no problems and was losing weight regularly and very happy untill I had a band slippage at the end of June. I was rebanded within two weeks and am now 10 days post op. My question is, does anyone have any experience of band slippage, know of any links where I can find information regarding this or know exactly what caused slippage????? I did of course speak to my surgeon, he said that as I lost the fat from my stomach the band slipped down to a wider part of my stomach which caused the severe restriction which prevented me from keeping anything down including liquids. Once the band was deflated I was able to eat and drink anything I wanted (and boy did I take advantage ). I have lost 50lbs to date and since my surgery I have been suffering with heartburn and have been taking meds for it morning and night. I have v. good restriction at the moment even though I have only 3mls in my 8ml band, before the slippage I was up to 5.5mls. I am finding it difficult even with sloppy foods but am not too worried as I know once I lose a couple more pounds the restriction will lessen. I am just a bit worried that this slippage may have more to it than I've been told and would like to speak with anyone who has experienced this. I see my surgeon for a post op visit at the end of this week, I would like to be prepared and have the right questions to ask.

Thanks for listening, hope someone can help me.

Sorry Coco,

I don't know enough about slippage.

Check out the section on Lap Band Complications or Life After Lap Band Removal. Some of those folks have gone through the same thing.

Coco,

Sorry to hear that you had so many problems. Who is your surgeon my i ask?

Coco,

Sorry to hear that you had so many problems. Who is your surgeon my i ask?

Hi Princesst,

I am Irish and had my band done in Dublin, Ireland. My surgeon is Mr Jerome Manacue (Sp!!) he is a french surgeon and has vast experience doing this operation over many years. I had no problems with the band up untill the slippage, in fact I was just two days back from a week in Italy when the band slipped. I had even lost 2lbs while on holiday. I put on 6lbs in the two weeks between the band slipping and having the repositioning done. I'm not sure whether I got a brand new band or whether the old one was repositioned. I will see Jerome on Sat and I have a few questions to ask him. I don't see this as a huge problem, I see it as a kink in the road to a healthier and slimmer me. I am 10days post surgery and have already lost 8lbs. So I think I'm back on track. I was just curious to hear of other people who had band slippage and what they were told was the cause.

Thanks for replying.

I just got band on May 2007, i have lost 33 pounds to date. I read you blog and was curious how did you tell your band had slipped. are there any signs or anything?