vamp i felt the same way as my band was breaking down slowly over 12 months, they did not alot until it was completley visual on the xray that the tube had came off the band end, took a year for them to sort me out and confirm there was a problem, if its just a leaky tube then that would be an easier op to fix it. I understand your worry about regaining weight, i regained 2 stone in the 12 months, but i know you are sensible and trying to keep your weight down by other diets in the mean time, i would persist and keep telling them that you have lived with this 6 years and you know theres a problem, its not like your a new bander and they can fob u off. Ring them and tell them u want to be seen. Even tell them you have discussed this with me, and im 4 years in nearly. Tell them what happened to me and your story sounds similar to mine.