Think I'm going to lose my band

I haven't had great success with the band but I blame 90% of it on me and poor choices.  I was thinking of revising to a DS and when I had an UGI and CT scan it showed that I had a hernia in the band.  At the time I had seen Dr. Roslin in NY and asked him specifically if this was a band slip and he said "No" just a hernia above the band.  About 2 or 3 months prior to this I vomited bright red blood but since it was a single even I never gave it another thought.  Fast forward to yesterday...I wake up and have dark black stools (sorry if tmi) and I have then 4 more times.  I call my GI guy but he is away at a conference so they want to book me in to see him on Tuesday!  I start to think if this is happening so frequently, I'm not gonna make it to Tuesday so I call my PCP and get told "she's totally booked" and now I really mad and tell the receptionist that my PCP WILL want to see me considering the 911 call I got from their office in 12/08 telling me to go immediately to the hospital for blood as my hgb was 6!  So the call me back and she sees me and I tell her that I think I am bleeding at the band and she agrees.

So today I see the GI guy, (thankfully she has already called over there so they will have her input instead of NOT relying on mine!  So my guess is that I am going to lose the band, don't know for sure but that seems the course of events.  Just worried because when I was banded about 5 days later I dry heaved and caused a huge hernia in the area of the camera port.  So now that adds another component to something that should be relatively simple.

Anyone else with similar experience??

I will let you all know when I can update...I'm praying for a safe solution!!

Sue

hugs, sweetie.  That sounds really scary.  Just focus on clearing this up and then work on your revision plan.  I have heard wonderful things about DS (and some scary things, but nothing you can't handle if you take your supplements).  Please keep us informed.

I'm sorry you are going through all this. If you do have to have your band out, I wish you a good recovery.

Wow that is a lot - From the sounds of it you believe that you may have internal bleeding - did they confirm/deny that?? I'm just concerned that they should have admitted you if you were bleeding inside.

I hope everyting works out for you - stay on those doctors until they provide you with a solution!

Good luck

Hope everything works out for you.  Kate

I am so sorry you are having to go through this. If you are bleeding you should go to an ER. This is life threatening. If it stops that is one thing but you still need immediate blood work, evaluation for a transfusion, etc.

I have no experience with this at all but I am wondering if it could ******osion. I hope whatever it is that you can get it resolved and have a successful revision. Good luck, Sue

I'm terribly sorry you're going through this. I hope you will be OK. It sounds scary and I hope it's just because I'm a layperson. Wishing you the best.

Nicci