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I am sure mine has not slipped but others have asked me, how can you tell if it slips, what are the symptoms?

What can happen if the lap band slips?

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Sometimes it can be fixed by going back on the liquid diet. Otherwise, they have to go in and fix it surgically.

I am not completely sure of the symptoms but I have heard a lot of heartburn, no restriction, or too much restriction where you have trouble eating at all.

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My surgeon told me the symptoms are vomiting and pain. He said one knows when a band has slipped.

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I've suffered a slipped band and believe me it is no fun at all.

11months after the banding, I suddenly felt very ill, similar to food poisoning. Couldn't be sick but was shaking and very weak. Taken to hospital, Xrayed, then taken to a bigger hospital. The stomach had worked it's way through the band and dropped over the side, cutting off the blood circulation and therefore that part of the stomach went necrotic (died). I was toxic and one lung collapsed. It took 3 days before the surgeon would take it out! I was in hospital for 16 days and in intensive care for 5 of these.

After 2 years, I found a really great surgeon, Dr Tony Kierath from Perth Western Australia who has helped me through a lot of hard times since = abdominal hernias and has now rebanded my stomach the safe way.

Dr Kierath actually stitches the stomach around the band so that there is no way it can slip. He also does 4 fill ups a month apart.

The first time, the band was not stitched, not were there any fillups.

Check the proceedure your surgeon does in detail. It's your body, you have a right to know.

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Wow, Katydid, you've had quite the bad experience!! Glad to hear you are doing well now!

Most of the information I've seen on slippage is heartburn, nausea, vomiting, pain. But, like everything else, there are MAJOR slips like Katydid, and minor ones that get better with a unfill period (this happend to my sister and worked out well).

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I had a slipped band. I was vomiting, had alot of reflux and no restriction. I have now been re banded.

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Hi Lizalee,

With my first banding, there weren't any fills done. That particular surgeon said they weren't needed and that was it.

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Good onya Fee,

How long has it been since your 2nd banding and how are you for having it done again? I had mine re-done on the 9th June this year and apart from the gas/wind, being sore where the port is and feeling very tired, I'm ok and losing weight which is great.

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Hi again Lizalee,

What do you mean "kinked tube'" and "port revision?" How does that happen and what procedures are involved in fixing these problems?

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HI!

What happened was the tubing that leads from the band to the port got bent somehow and kinked the tubing. They could put Water in, but not get it out. They weren't sure if it was going in or not...put extra in...and then couldn't get it out. When I drank Water, it wouldn't go down because they had put too much in! Painful!!!

So, that evening he had to open up my port scar in surgery (local with sedation) and check it out, and found the kinked tubing. They straigthened it out, and moved my port sligtly over so it wouldn't happen again. He said it was the first time he'd every seen that happen (and he's been doing these a long time.)

It was no big deal....very minimal soreness after. The only bad thing is it was on the night of my daughter's high school graduation - 60 miles away from the hospital - so I missed it. :-(

But it set back my whole fill process...looking forward to another fill on Aug 26th. I have some restriction, but can use just a little bit more.

Not nearly as bad as your experience by far!!!

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Katydid.....that's a big cautionary tale and thank goodness you're doing well now! My surgeon aslo uses stomach to "wrap" the band to secure it. Now I know why!

Lizalee....I remember when that this happened just a while back. Glad to hear you're doing well.

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Katydid, I just had to say thank you for your post, I have Dr Kierath as a doctor too. I have been waking since my last fill 2 days ago coughing and I think refluxing, everything here said it was a slipped band, and I don't think it is that, it is good to hear Dr Kierath stitches it and it is harder for it to slip.

I have had this cough stuff before and it does go away but I was scared that it was a slip from reading here.

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Hi Scarlet 121, I've been waking from painful wind and reflux as well. Dr Kierath told me not to eat or drink after 6.30pm. That is not always possible. My GP recommended De-Gas tablets but the chemist said that Gasbusters were even better. I've just had my first one, so I'm hoping they will work. I also take Nexium 40 for reflux (prescription). Hope you feel better soon.

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I did a stupid thing... I was soooooo hungry I ate a mickey Ds happy meal, one week after lapband surgery after I found out the band has not been closed yet did I do any damage to my lapband

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Did your insurance cover rebanding?

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