lrmerkle

Hi I'm new to this forum and don't know all of the right terms but it's nice to discover that I'm not the only one having problems. I have a doctor that is new to the field that is very attentive but maybe not very knowledgable. My problem is with swelling. I know my band isn't too tight because I normally can eat pretty large portions but occasionaly something will make me PB and once that happens my esphogus seems to swell. Once that happens I can go days only able to get small amount of fluids down. My band actually hurts and I'm miserable. I have tried liquid nexium and liquid advil but that doesn't seem to help. The only way I seem to get better is to have fluid removed from the band. The problem is that puts me back to almost no fill for a month and then once I get another fill and some resistence I do something wrong and get swelling again. I am so frustrated and uncomfortable. Have you ever had swelling that has gone down on it's own? Any suggestions? Hot liquids don't seem to help.