failed lapband

Has anyone had a faiure with the lapband.Or a lack of support from Drs. groups that do all the wls. If so did you call and complain to the company that makes the band. Or were you able to discuss the problem with the Drs who placed the band. And did they fix the problems especially with the filling and if the band was to tight a filling. How can they tell ,I mean the person doing the filling if it's to tight or not enough. If the person having the fill cant feel anything due to their medical condition. Thank you all for the input. Either way the person doesn't lose the weight.

Hi My Lap Band eroded Hard to blame anyone but the surgeon is doing VSG free of charge

My band was removed because it was causing esophageal damage and I revised to DS. Sue

I had two failed attempts at placing lap-band. one failure due to an abnormality in my anatomy (no pre-test for this) . Second failed due to scar tissue from first attempt.

Hi carol, Mine failed ....I was so upset...I never could talk to my Dr either, made my life very hard at times and when I was not losing weight he told me I needed "other" bariatric surgery.....after alot of sadness on my part...I did....only to find out the Dr place my band wrong and that caused all my problems for 3.5 years.....talk about upset?...you bet I was...and still am....I have now had the RNY....and in one month I have lost more then I ever did with the band Good luck.... Maria

The way you can tell the band is too tight is if you can't get solid food down even after chewing very well. Of course the first day after a fill you will feel a little tighter. At least that is how it is for my huband. You can tell if it is not enough if there is not enough restriction, i.e. you can eat more than the amount your doctor recommends. It is best to wait a few weeks between fills to get used to the restriction. There was one time my husband was too tight and he had to go back and have some of his fill removed. Hope that helps.

Failed Lapband

My body just plain out rejected a foreign object in my body. Grew scar tissue over the port to the point that it could not be adjusted twice. I had to have it removed and insurance refused to let me have a revision to something else. Denied the appeal also even though it was not caused by anything I did.

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