Band Slippage.........

Coco · July 24, 2007

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.

susansilver · July 24, 2007

Sorry Coco,

I don't know enough about slippage.

FarmerE · July 24, 2007

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

princesst · July 24, 2007

Coco,

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

Coco · July 24, 2007

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.

feligurl3 · July 29, 2007

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?