I'm curious to see how many have had a band slip..My Doctor said with these newer bands he's placed 400 or so and has only had 1 slip..But how would I know if I have a band that slipped? What would be symptoms? Or would I need to drink barium to find out? Thanks!

Your symptoms would depend on how it slipped.

Symptoms could be any combination of the following:

Sudden loss of restriction

Suddenly too tight

Unable to swallow anything

Pain when eating or drinking

Reflux

Throwing up

Your doctor would be able to tell by using fluoro to look at your band. Mine used fluro for my first fill and then checks my band under fluoro every six months. If there are any sudden issues like the ones listed above he would check it under fluoro again to make sure everything is okay. With fluoro you do swallow a small amount of barium and then some Water.