How does a slip happen?

 How does a slip happen?? Can it still happen to you after having it for a year or more? Im only 3days in  but just cerouse 

I had my slip at two years out.  My surgeon that fixed the slip says that my first surgeon did a very bad job of placing it initially.  (That surgeon has a pile of failed surgeries, which I was unaware of when I went to him). 

I actually probably had my band slip down as soon as I got restriction, but I did't know any better and didn't realize what a restricted band SHOULD feel like.  Now that I have a good placed band, and have restriction, I am very pleased with the difference.  No daily PBing and misery.  

For others, the band can slip if they keep it too tight and over time stretch their pouch, or it can slip if you vomit too much.  The stomach flu has been named the culprit in a few posts that I have read here.  

You are only three days out, so be very careful to follow your surgeon's aftercare instructions to the "t".  Proper healing so that the band is set in place correctly is important.

A band slip can happen several ways.

Poor surgical technique and/or failed sutures can cause a band slip.

An unrecognized or untreated hiatal hernia can cause a band slip.

Keeping the band too tight, and/or aggressive over-filling of the band, can contribute to a band slip.

As a new post-op, with new sutures and a band that hasn't yet settled onto your stomach (eventually the stomach wall thins a bit to accommodate the band), you can make your band slip by not following your post-op eating and drinking instructions.

Consistently overeating (or pouch-packing) can force the band to slip down (or up) on the stomach.

Frequent or violent coughing or vomiting can cause a band slip.

A band slip can happen at any time. My band slipped when I was 21 months post-op, probably caused by my hiatal hernia, which my original surgeon had for some reason chosen not to repair when he placed my band. My slip was cured by a 100% unfill. Sometimes a slip requires surgery to reposition or replace the band.

Common symptoms of a band slip include vomiting, heartburn, reflux, night cough, foaming, chest pain, and left shoulder pain. If those symptoms happen to you, do not panic, because they're not necessarily happening because your band has slipped. But if the symptoms continue for a few days and/or you're unable to drink liquids, call your surgeon ASAP.

Jean