Second LAP-BAND® failure - now considering BPD

Hi, I was banded in 2004 and all went well until early 2008, when the band slipped and was replaced. The band slipped on my honeymoon in Phuket would you believe it - a scary experience I can tell you! At my best I was down to 89kg from a start weight of 122 kg. Since the band was replaced it has caused trouble and now I have severe reflux and esophagus dilation, even though I have no fluid in the band. I am now 106 kg and rising.
Now I am considering a Bilio Pancreatic Diversion (BPD) as the band is no longer effective and cannot be replaced again.
Has anyone else been down this path, moving from a lap-band® to a gastric bypass?
I would like to hear from anyone who has had to go down the BPD path so I can see if this is the right thing for me to do.
Is there a specific support group for gastric bypass? I've searched, but can't seem to find one. Any info would be most appreciated.

just a quick question but how did your band slip?

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Hi, if you mean why did it slip, I don't really know. To much getting stuck perhaps? If you want to know the symptoms, suddenly I could not hold anything down, including water and starting getting very bad reflux at night. Once the restriction was removed, the symptoms dissappeared.

So sorry for you. Can I ask how did you know the band slipped...What did you feel....

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Surgury date - 23 March 09
14 April 09 - fill of 6mil
21 April 09 - fill of 2mil

I am being re branded because my band slipped. The symptoms were pain in the back around the band area and the biggest was pain when I ate. Like someone was scratching my insides.

My doctor told me that any pain near or around the band must be invesitgated. I had not been to see him for 5 years because everything was fine, I thought.