Guest guest Posted February 18, 1999 Report Share Posted February 18, 1999 Dear Jo-Anne, Sorry to hear about your slippage ! You'll be in my thoughts on Friday. I hope that everything will be ok for you and that you will never have any problem with the band in the future. Lots of love, Marina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 1999 Report Share Posted February 18, 1999 JoAnn: do you think you know how you caused your slippage to perhaps help us avoid the same mistake??? God Bless and PLEASE TAKE CARE!! Success=Hope for the Best, Be Prepared for the Rest. Much Luck, Debi ---------- > > To: bandsters bandsters (AT) onelist (DOT) com> > Subject: Slippage > Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 3:46 AM > > Hi all, > > I have been unwell for the last four weeks or so with reflux and vomiting > and gradually getting weaker by the day. Of course my GP did not know what > was wrong with me and has been conducting lots of tests. The worst things > went through my mind, you can imagine, not knowing what was wrong. > > Since my last posting, when I told you all how happy I was to have a top up, > I have been vomiting blood. Don't worry though. I went to my surgeon and > described my symptom, straight away he said my band had slipped. Since I > had a barium swallow as part of the tests one look confirmed. I am severely > dehydrated and the surgeon took all of the fluid out of my band with instant > relief. > > I have to into hospital next Friday to have surgery to reposition the band. > > I just wanted you all to know my symptoms, just in case. I am fairly weak > from the dehydration but in the last six hours feel like a much better > person. I am on fluids again until after surgery but I don't really care > just knowing what was wrong was such a relief. > > Just a bit of info. > > Jo > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 1999 Report Share Posted February 28, 1999 Welcome home Jo. Hope you recuperate well get lots of rest and can manage to tolerate those liquids for a few ore weeks yet!! Keep us informed. Grace SLIPPAGE >Hi all, > >Just a quick note to let you know I am home. I feel like I have been kicked >by a horse, but all went well. >I'm on fluids for another couple of weeks. I will see in three >weeks. > >Love to all. >Jo > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 1999 Report Share Posted February 28, 1999 Welcome home Jo. Hope you recuperate well get lots of rest and can manage to tolerate those liquids for a few ore weeks yet!! Keep us informed. Grace SLIPPAGE >Hi all, > >Just a quick note to let you know I am home. I feel like I have been kicked >by a horse, but all went well. >I'm on fluids for another couple of weeks. I will see in three >weeks. > >Love to all. >Jo > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 1999 Report Share Posted February 28, 1999 Welcome home Jo. Hope you recuperate well get lots of rest and can manage to tolerate those liquids for a few ore weeks yet!! Keep us informed. Grace SLIPPAGE >Hi all, > >Just a quick note to let you know I am home. I feel like I have been kicked >by a horse, but all went well. >I'm on fluids for another couple of weeks. I will see in three >weeks. > >Love to all. >Jo > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2001 Report Share Posted August 26, 2001 Hi Judy, I, too, have had a band replaced and agree with Ken's comment that the experience is not the same second time around. I wish you well with band no. 2. Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2001 Report Share Posted October 11, 2001 The band slipping can manifest itself in different ways and be caused by different things. Your stomach is a slippery little sucker. Ever had one of those toys from the joke shops .. a rubber worm filled with some sort of gel that you find hard to hold, because it just keeps slipping through your fists? Well, it's like that. Imagine putting the band around that. When the band is placed, it is a couple of inches down with a manderine sized and shaped pouch at the top. The band is at a slight angle down on the right, because the stomach is a sort of pear shaped bag. If the band gets too tight or is subjected to too much force, the stomach can be drawn up through the band, mushrooming over the top. Sometimes, if the band is released, the stomach goes back down. The band depends on gravity and pressure to work. That's how the food gets through the smaller passage. If the hole isn't relatively straight down, you get a problem. If the slippage is symetrical ... just slides relatively straight down ... the pouch simply gets bigger and you can eat more. However, if the band " twists " and goes sideways, you get problems. If the band goes straight up and down, you form a kind of s-bend. The passage is now sideways or even slightly upside down. For food to go through, it has to get a lot of force behind it. Usually, it just sits there and rots. You can't eat anything, you can get terrible reflux and even vomiting might not shift it. You can get terrible breath. This " sumping " effect is what has to be corrected quickly. People can live with symetrical slippages ... I had one, a couple of years ago, but as I had lost the majority of my excess weight and the band was still effective, I didn't have it fixed. I am having another barium swallow x-ray on Nov 2 to see where it is now. Like Sooze said, everyone is different. Don't assume you've slipped. The character of the band and how you relate to it can change from day to day. It is a love hate relationship. Some days you feel you can eat more than a few bites from dawn to dusk. Other days, you think the Gatekeeper is on holidays. If in doubt, have it looked at ... it has a lifetime warrantee. -- Randall Berger Bioenterics Banded: 10.8.97 The Avenue Hospital, Melbourne Professor O'Brien Pre-Band Weight: 149kg Pre-Band BMI: 47 Current Weight: 109kg Current fill: 3.0ml (1.10.01) Current BMI: 34 Excess Weight Lost (EWL): 56% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2001 Report Share Posted October 12, 2001 Gus, Don't be nervous, I had my band done on the 2nd Oct (10 days ago) and other than the pain in the shoulder (which not everyone gets) I feel great. Even having to stick to liquids is not to bad. Joan Re: Re: Slippage > > > > > Last year I had 2 slippages, > > > Vicky (with a Y) > > > Vicky, at my first consultation with my surgeon I asked about slipping. He said that they do things a little different now to prevent slipping (prolapse). He said in addition to sewing (anchoring) to the ligament of the stomach (at rear) they bring a fold from top of the band and the bottom of the band, where they meet they sew them together. Essentially they sew the band within a man-made pocket. He said this eliminates " slippage " almost all together even with violent vomiting. Has anyone had this type of anchoring done? Has anyone heard of it? Sounds like a good idea to me. Before they would anchor the band just at the rear, the stomach was free to slide up the ring. This new way it seems impossible to do so. > I should be having mine any time after the 19th of this month. Getting kinda nerveous, from the surgery to the life style I know will have to change. " Listening " to you guys has helped me a great deal. > Gus > NE USA > > -- > Free E-mail From http://www.BigRed.Net > A Service of http://www.Cornhusker.Net > > > ozband website: > http://www.ozband.com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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