Band erosion

My band problem was that over time it started getting tighter and tighter.  Last September I went to the ER to have all the fluid removed and they wouldn't do it because they did not have a bariatrics doctor at that hospital. I ended up going to a baritatrics center to have the band completely emptied.  I went in for a scope a month later and they found that it was still placed well but very tight for being completley opened. 

Over the next several months the band slipped and then it became hell.  The last month of my band I had to resort to sleeping up right in a chair and at times, even that didn't help.  On an average week I was only able to eat solid food once or twice a week before having to revert back to liquids then mushies then back to solids. I kept having isues where I would wake up choking on my own acid. 

I finally had the band out a week ago on Monday and the relief was instant.  I'm too new into my experience with the VSG to say it is a miracle surgery, but so far it's been the best choice for me.

Some people have bad experiences with the band, some people swear by it and it is working great for them, and the same can be said for other surgeries.  I think you should take the advice above and look at the revision board and you will see what surgery most people are having fixed and you will find that most of them are having the band removed and converting to another surgery.

Significant vommitting (not burping up food) and extreme pain are signs of erosion.

 Band migration, erosion is pretty rare still about 1-2 percent of all band sugeries, surgeons nowadays use a newer technology called the Pars Flaccida method to stitch the band in-place to minimize slippage and erosion, however, band slippage happens more frequently if the patient vomits very frequently or keeps the band extremely too tight.

No one really knows what causes erosion, but keeping the band adjusted properly will help minimize band erosion.

I've had mine so far 6 years and so far so good, I am hoping to go to my grave with it, but if not, it gave me my life back.

Thank you so much for replying to my question, I love this website and when I start getting scared , I come here and it turns around to excitement. Thank you again and good luck on your journey.

Tell your sister to research the complications and co-morbities of living live as a morbidly obese adult.  Those risks & scary statistics are MUCH higher than a possible and un-probable band slip post-op.  Knowledge is power!  Good luck to you on your journey PeggyAnne! :)