Band Slipped

Well I haven't been on here for a while because of my busy life, but last week I started experiencing reflux something awful.  Had an Upper GI done yesterday and found out that my band slipped down.  Soooo, now I have to decide if I want it repositioned or removed.  My concern is that if I get it repositioned.. what are the chances that this will happen again??? I am leaning toward removal because I feel I have gotten myself to the point that I will be fine without out it.  I have made the lifestyle changes and have stuck with them and don't EVER want to go back to the old me.  Any thoughts or experiences any of you could help me with???

Sorry to hear about that!!  I have never had a slip, so hopefully others will chime in here with some advice. 

I had to have a total unfill in December and quickly gained 25 pounds!  I would freak out if I ever had a slip and had to consider losing it.   Good Luck!! 

That's a hard decision. I did get mine replaced. I'm down about 20 pounds from the replacement, but most of that was do to carefully monitoring my diet and exercise. My doctor seemed to think I wouldn't see a dramatic weight loss again with the new band but said it was very likely I'd regain all the weight I lost if I got rid of the band completely. I don't know if there's anything to what he said. I was kind of offended when he said that, but I think he was right. I've got such a fear of going back to where I was.

The good news is my reflux was 100% cured with the replacement over two years ago. It was completely due to my band slip. It was horrible. I don't know how I lived with it as long as I did.

I don't remember the stats on it, but I do know I've read that if you've had one slip, you will more than likely have another one. Do yourself a favor and get rid of the band!

Hi!  I am about 17 months out and over the holiday I was having a lot of issues with being too tight and reflux at night.  I finally went to see my doc and had an upper GI done.  It showed my band had slipped badly; my surgeon said that I would most certianly need surgury to have it put back in place.  He unfilled it and scheduled an endoscopy a week later.  He said while I was "under" for the endoscopy, he would then just do the surgury to reposition the band using my old scars.  I was fully prepared to undergo surgury and stay the night in the hospital. 
As it turned out, the results of the scope showed that the band went back into place on it's own!!!!!  No surgury was necessary and I went home the same day.  After six weeks he began to refill it.  I am now getting to a good fill level but gained 10 lbs during the unfilled time.   So, I'm back on track!!!  Hopefully you will ahve a good outcome like my experience.  Please don't give up on your band just yet!

I was just writing on another thread this same thing.  A couple of years ago there was a conference in FL and they were discussing bands.  It was decided that repositioning or replacing a band means you have an 80% chance for a slip in the first two years.  Scar tissue is what holds the band in place long term, not the sutures.  Scarring never grows in the same place twice with the same quality, thus... increased slip risks.

If you honestly think you can go it alone (kudos to you, I could never do it! HA!) then maybe just get it removed and be done with it.