What does it feel like when your LapBand slips? Anybody?

I have had these horrible pains since yesterday.  I am just wondering.  How do you know?  Can anybody explain the feeling?

Where are you having the most pain? From what I've heard, slips sometimes enable you to eat more than you had been. I don't recall hearing about pain associated with slips so much.

I hope it's subsided by now. Depending on where the pain is located, it could be gas buildup.

Nicci

Thanks for the info.  That's good to hear....I think.  The pain seems to be mostly gone now. It was my stomach area.

I get this weird left shoulder pain though went I eat.  it's weird.  I think it's when I'm full...sort of like an indicator to stop.  I've always had it, but now I need to monitor it more.

The left shoulder pain is fairly common with banded patients, I have found. I had severe left shoulder pain the whole time I had my band. I had it removed in 2005 and still have occasional pain from damage done to my diaphragm during surgery (which was in 2003.)

Sometimes applying heat to the diaphragm area can help the pain subside. I used a ho****er bottle, heating pad or heat patch.

If the pain was in your stomach area, I would be willing to bet that you had a gas buildup. It can cause tremendous pain... more than I ever would have thought possible before having the band.

Some people have a really hard time tolerating the lapband. If your symptoms worsen or you start having chronic pain, you might want to consider talking to your surgeon about a revision. Good luck. I hope your pain problems are over and done!

ps. Check out the lapband board, if you haven't already. Someone else has posted a question about constant left shoulder pain.

OMG!  Thank you so much.  You have helped so much.  Can I ask why you had it removed???

I'm glad I could help. I had to have mine removed. I had horrible complications due to surgeon error from the get go. I almost died, another surgeon tried to help me when my original surgeon just ignored me, and then I finally was in so much pain daily that the band had to come out. I had 3 different doctors tell me that I simply HAD to have it removed. It was a completely nightmare and the worst couple years of my life.

I am glad to see you visited the LapBand board. You will see you're not alone.

Hi, I had a slipped band 2 years ago. I was not able to keep anything down (not even liquid) and became severely dehydrated. I also had a constant pain in my back on the righthand side about 10 inches down from my shoulder. The only way to tell for sure is an upper GI with the barium swallow. My dr removed all my fluid and did a replaced the band a few days later. Once he removed all the fluid though, I was able to drink but not eat much. Good luck.