My life with the band is over. I had a lot of complications and the area around my port became red back in Sept. Doctor confirmed band erosion via an endoscopy in Nov. I had band removal surgery on Nov 10th which did not go well. The doc found that the band was placed too high, not only was it eroded, I had a hole in my stomach and the band had started to adhere to the liver. So its out but I have a long recovery as they had to cut me open after trying to do it laproscopically. I spent a week in hospital and then a week on liquids. Starting to eat small portions now.

Good luck everyone, I hope you do not have my problems!

I'm so sorry to hear. Wishing you a speedy recovery back to good health! You will be in my thoughts.

I am sorry to hear that you lost your band. I hope you have a speedy recovery. My thoughts are with you.

SJK, hang in there. We are here for you, come back and update us on your recovery, and chat with us if you need to!

I am sorry to hear about your band problems...Makes mine seem small. I hope you recover fast. Diane