Wow! That is scary! And to think one time I almost got the lap band. I wish you a speedy recovery. take care!

Nice M,  

  I am so sorry to hear what you have been through with your Surgeries.  I worry alot about many different things happening to my body as well as my health. I have been lucky the times I have had my slip we only took the fluid out and after a few weeks of taking it easy the band slipped back in place on it's on. I live with the knowledge that one day I will have to have the been taken out or that something will happen to it all together. When that day comes I'll cross that bridge because I'm not a candidate for any other type of surgery along the weight loss lines. I have severe PTSD and therefore have been told the lap band was the only procedure I can at that time and most likely ever will be able to have because of the that..

I have been truly lucky and blessed in so many ways with everything that I've been able to accomplish while having had this procedure as I said before this is a tool that was given to me to help me get where I needed to be but realistically and granted this is just my way of thinking it is all my doing if I stay this way on with or without the band.

As well as after having skin removal surgery just a few months ago now that my body is finally getting a little bit back to normal in a manner of words. To do anything I can keep myself healthy and to not put on what I was so lucky to have had the opportunity and the means of having it taken off.

The band is positioned toward the top of the stomach and touches the diaphragm. There's really no way around it unless they put the band down really low on the stomach and then it would be incorrectly positioned. The diaphragm is shaped like a parachute and separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity in the ventral cavity. Either the top portion of your stomach or the band itself is going to touch the diaphragm. When you get your band filled, you might experience inflammation. Or it could be overfilled and damaging the nerves. 

You might be overfilled if it affects your ability to breathe. I'd give your doc a call and see what he or she thinks. Sometimes it loosens up on its own, but you don't want to go too long with it too tight. 

It's better to be on the conservative side with fills rather than too tight. 

It hurts when you breathe in and out because the band is affecting your diaphragm. It shouldn't hurt to breathe. You might need to get some fluid out of the band. It's normal to bruise, though. I was always black and blue and yellow and green on my stomach. Every time I tried to get the band filled, it would cause unbearable pain, trouble breathing, and make the already ever-present left shoulder pain even worse. 

Yes, you should be concerned. The longer your band is in contact with the diaphragm and specifically the Vagus nerves, the more damage it causes. 

I had a band over my gastric bypass on june 15, 2016... i regained

in my 11 years about 60 lbs.   

So far banded i lost 16 lbs