Hi I have been banded for 5 years as of July 1 I love my band I had a major skip and it moved so now Tuesday I’m having it repaired. Dr says 2 days recovery I am wondering if anyone else had it repaired and repositioned and what was the recovery and is the diet the same as surgery. I have a major work function on Thursday and wondering if I can make it o get I won’t be able to eat but wondering what else I can or cannot do. Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated

2 hours ago, readysetg070113 said:

Hi I have been banded for 5 years as of July 1 I love my band I had a major skip and it moved so now Tuesday I’m having it repaired. Dr says 2 days recovery I am wondering if anyone else had it repaired and repositioned and what was the recovery and is the diet the same as surgery. I have a major work function on Thursday and wondering if I can make it o get I won’t be able to eat but wondering what else I can or cannot do. Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated

Recovery time should be pretty much the same as it was when you had the band installed. You are going in for a full laparoscopic surgery, so you'll have all the ports/incisions that come with it. You'll be unfilled, have your band adjusted and more than likely some more sutures put in to hold it in place, and this is all barring any complications. I had my band installed in 2011 and I had ZERO physical issues, no slippage, no erosion, nothing. But when I had my revision from Band to Bypass, it took my surgeon over 3 times longer to get the band out, because it has been 100% encapsulated in scar tissue. So, you *might* not have any issues once they get inside you again... but you could have some major complications ahead like I did, even though nothing pointed to there being any real problem.

To be honest, my "suggestion" would be to talk to your surgeon about revision to another WLS. The Band has just so much working against it at this point, 2 major manufactures have stopped making them, most surgeons won't even do them any longer.