LizzieBorden

Dani, I hope your new doctor finds something he can fix. I'm glad you went for the second opinion and feel comfortable with this doc. I can't believe you're having surgery so soon! Speaking of hiatal hernias, my doctor informed me today that I have a small one. I didn't think to ask what test it showed up on. He also informed me that I have gallstones so my gallbladder will have to come out. He's going to fix my hernia at the same time. I was surprised and kind of relieved. I was beginning to wonder if all this pain was in my head. I have training I have to go to for work so my surgery won't be until 10/23. I will keep you in my thoughts. Make sure to come let us know how you're doing as soon as you feel up to it.

Gosh Dani, I hate that you might lose your band. I'm glad you're getting a second opinion. It never hurts, especially when it comes to your life/health. Is your stoma narrow from the band being too tight? No chance of ever going back to normal? I don't have any answers yet. I go back to talk with my doc tomorrow morning. Not sure where to go from here. The unfill helped me be able to eat some but did nothing for the pain and burning. You're right about gaining weight back. We never intend to but we've all done it over and over and it's frightening to think it might happen again. Let us know what happens with your second opinion.

Dani, did you ever get your endoscopy done? Let us know how you're doing.

Hi Dani, don't worry about the endoscopy. There was nothing to it. My throat is still a little sore but nothing major. They did mine with IV sedation and I don't remember a thing. I hope you can get some answers. I was hoping the endo would get to the bottom of my problems but no such luck. I haven't had any fever or chills so far. I'm one of those people who won't go to the doctor unless I'm in major pain. I was hoping to avoid an emergency situation instead of putting things off but I guess I will just wait and see. A former co-worker of mine who was banded about 7 months before me is still recovering from major erosion and infection. She had her band removed over 2 months ago. She was to the point of throwing up everytime she ate and waited way too long to get it checked out. Keep us up to date on how it goes Friday.

Hi Apples, I will ask my doctor about the pancreatitis when I go back next week. Thanks for the suggestion. Mindy, my doc doesn't use flouro. Would that show different info than the barium swallow? I don't think I'm too tight now that he took out 2 ccs. The food goes down ok, just hurts once it gets down.

Hi Mindy, I do still have my gallbladder. The pain is immediate though. I had inflamation of my gallbladder about 15 years ago and the constant back pain resembles that but not the pain I have immediately after I eat or drink. It starts the minute it hits my stomach. After the unfill my stomach felt like the skin on your wrist does when you've had a rubber band wrapped around it too long. I'm terrible at describing symptoms. That's the closest thing I can think of. Thanks for your reply!

Hi all, I was banded December 2007 and ended up losing 95lbs my first year. In February of 2009 I became too tight and had to have all my fill removed. I also had a barium swallow which showed everything was fine. By May 2009 I was filled again ( a little less than before the unfill). Things were ok until about two months ago. It got harder and harder to eat solids so I pretty much didn't. I mainly ate soft foods. About 3 weeks ago I started having a terrible pain in my back whenever I ate or drank so I went to see my surgeon. He sent me for another swallow test, gallbladder test and took out 2 ccs. He told me to call the next day if removing the fill didn't help. It didn't. I'm actually in more (different) pain than before the unfill. I still have the pain in my back but I have burning in my chest (not heartburn/refulx) and odd pains on each side of my stomach. It also hurts around my stomach when I lay on my side. I had an endoscopy this morning, everything was fine. They are checking me for H Pylori as well. Did anyone have an endoscopy that was ok and later found out they had erosion. Maybe the erosion is just beginning? Something isn't right and I'm not sure what to do next. I'd love to hear from other who have had issues like this. Thanks! Liz

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Donna, as of this moment they're alive and well but I'm not promising anything prior to my fill! They might be good in the crock pot with some veggies.....

Well, I've been banded about 14 months and managed to lose about 95lbs. A couple of weeks ago I started to have bad reflux, etc and had to get a complete unfill on 2/4. When I left the office my doc said "don't go eating everything in sight." I haven't been eating EVERYTHING in sight but sure have been eating every single thing I couldn't eat for the past 14 months. The first night after the unfill I had spaghetti, then over the past couple of days I've had a sub sandwich, chicken mini's, and a host of my other favorites. Next on the list is pizza. Luckily I can't eat the amounts I was able to preband. I haven't gained any YET and thankfully I will be getting a fill on 2/18.

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Hi, I was just reading your post. Please let us know how you're doing and what you found out from your doctor.

Wow Cheryl Ann, you're doing great! Keep up the good work!

Hi, I was banded on 12/7/07 and had something similar happen to me this week. I got my 2nd fill last Wednesday, everything was fine until Saturday when I went back to solids. By Saturday night nothing was going down. Sunday I couldn't eat even a few bites of Soup without severe pain. I stuck to liquids all day Sunday and Monday. By Tuesday I had heartburn from drinking 2 oz of a Protein shake. I went ahead and called my doctor. He had put in .6 cc (?) in the previous week. His PA took out .5 and I had immediate relief. Please don't wait too long. Hopefully a slight unfill will do the trick for you too. I think my hormones played a part in the extreme tightness as well. I never had any problems with my first fill back in February.