Lauren

Hello, I was banded in September of 1999, in Mexico. I after losing half my body weight and going from 250lbs to 125lbs, I found out my band had slipped and eroded. I had emergency surgery in the states to remove the band. That was in November of 2000, I was devastated when I lost the band. After struggling with me weight again I was re-banded in September of 2003. So far so good no band erosion, I had a port infection after my first fill so my weight loss has been a lot slower this time. The most important thing was to find an experienced band doctor who had done re-bandings. Surgical technique is important and with re-banding it is of the utmost importance. When I was researching it I found that some docs would say sure I