wendyr

It seems like the tubing would be behind the port, that is what I am hoping anyway. I guess we will find out soon. I know that I don't want a extra fat around my port. He has done gastric bypass patients but no lap band patients.

I am getting a Tummy Tuck Monday April 14th and my doctor is just now having some concern about doing liposuction around my port area. Has anyone had Lipo around their port and a tummy tuck, or either or? Now he has me a little nervous. I am trying to get my lapband doctor to give him a call but I don't know if he will have time before Monday to call him. Any advice is helpful. Thanks,

:sad_smile: Wendy

I will have to try the liquids for 3 days, thanks for the advice. And yes it is horrible to have the reflux in the middle of the night, I am definently sleep deprived.

I moved to Florida a year ago and I am having trouble finding a doctor that will see me here. No one wants to see someones patient. My doctor is in St. Louis. And I don't have insurance anymore. But I do need to get it checked out, it does feel like something is really off. Not to mention what is happening to my esophogus.

I haven't been able to sleep laying down in several months, it all started when I couldn't stop coughing at night and sleeping sitting up helped cure it. Now it is happening when I sit up, I end up throwing up almost everynight. I usually don't eat after 6, I should be loosing more weight but I'm not, and it really sucks because I am not even at my goal weight after 2 years. I've kept 55 pounds off, but I don't have much restriction and I am afraid to get another fill because of the caughing. Also, alot of reflux, sometimes comes out of my nose as well. I don't get it.

I still have 30 pounds more to loose

There is nothing on the outside of the skin, it is a port that is on the inside. they just stick a needle in the port for the fill, the fill helps you have restriction when eating, if you don't have a fill then your band doesn't really work.

There is no discomfort after the initial healing unless you overeat or eat to fast.

Alot of people experience pnemonia, and have to get their gall bladder removed, because anytime you loose alot of weight you get gall stones, thats what my dr. told me. Also, I was just diagnose with gastric dismotility, it has to do with my esophogus. Other then that it has een really great

Your regular doc being your lapband doc?

Sounds like you need a little unfill, it definently can cause you to cough at night.

I went to my Lapband Dr. yesterday and he took out .6 cc, I slept all night through last night which felt so good.

Anyway, I have multiple stones and my lapband dr. is taking my gallbladder out next friday. I am so sick of being operated on. But the gallstones definently explain why I have been so miserable and so does the unfill. I still have restriction, but it has let up a little. I just want to feel good again.

Thanks for all the advice and I think it is obvious that these are all symptoms of the lapband (pnemonia, esophegeal dismotilility, and gallstones) Is it worth it? I am still contiplating that one. I guess I will know more when I see how I feel after the gallbladder removal.

Wendy,

I Have Been Having The Same Problems. Now I Have To Have A Brouchoscopy Of The Throat And Lung. The Ct Showed Lots Of Bad Stuff As Well And Maybe Even A Cancer Mass!!! Really Scared Right Now. Is It Just The Band Or Really Cancer????? My Band Was To Tight For A While, I Had .5 Taken Out And The Coughing And Reflux Stopped Asap. I Will Keep You Informed As I Go To The Drs For All This. Hang In There, You're Not Alone.

Debbie

So you didn't get a total unfill but just .5 taken out and it stopped? I have to get a couple more test next week one is on my gallbladder my doctor said that the stone is in the cystalduct going towards the kidney, and that can't be good. I saw a pulmanary doctor yesterday and he said that the Esophegeal Dismotility can cause pnemonia. I hope the mass is just your band. let me know.

This might help:

http://lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?p=264744#post264744

Thats sounds horrible, but that is what it feels like.

health1st

Personally, I never overeat. It is far to uncomfortable and I have been very careful with that. Now, I did drink alcohol and I know your not really suppose to do that. So that was probably not to smart on my part.

They found my Esophaus dismotility on a Cat Scan of my Thorax, and I think it is when the esophogus is already has refux then it gets stretched and more damaged, this is just a guess. I have my cat scan on disc, if I can get it downloaded, I will try to post it on here.

Truthfully, If I had this before I was banded I would not get banded. There could be no good in that. My doctor is wanting to unfill me now and I don't want him to.

I took my medicine that was prescribed to me last night called Levsin, and it really made a difference. I slept more then last night then I have in along time. I still threw up at about 5 in the morning but I think that was because I ate so late at night. I hardly coughed at all last night. I went to bed sick even. Yesterday was a really bad day with it. I hope that the more I take this medication the more it will help. then I will just take it when I need it. I haven't lost any weight in over 2 months but I havent gained any either. I will gain if he gives me a unfill.

Does anybody know anybody that has had the gastric sleeve?

I will look into the gastric sleeve. I do unfortunently have severe reflux as well. My lapband doctor knew that before he did the lapband surgery on me. He did do a hernia repair on me when he did my lapband which was really cool.

There is no way I can live or deal with this, I am not sleeping at night for the past almost three months from coughing so much.

I will let everyone know what I find out.

Becky

That sounds just like my situation. I have been choking when I eat and that has never happened to me before.

I went to my doctor today and he put me on Levsin, have you ever tried that drug before? Also, I read on the internet about a surgery you can get for this situation. I just don't want to have to get my band removed, so if I could get that fixed surgically I definently would.

Thanks for responding, also do you mind telling me what kind of medications you tried for that?

Thank You, I just found out today also that I may need to get my gallbladder out as well. I think I was healthier before lapband. Hopefully I will get these things fixed and then I will be fine. Thanks for your prayers.

I need this forum more then ever now, I have been sick for almost three months now with cronic coughing at night keeping me up all night, I found out 2 months ago that I had pneumonia so I did antibiotics and stuff.

Well the pnemonia is gone but the cronic cough is not so they did a CT of my thorax and found so much stuff wrong, one being Esohageal Distention Suggestive of high grade reflux and/or Esophageal Dysmotility Associated with Gastroplasy, I looked these things up on the internet and alot people with Lapband have gotten this and pnemonia after the lapband.

Is anyone else having these kind of problems and if so what do they do for it?

There are also problems that I am seeing my doctor about today. I am suppose to be going up hill not down hill. I just want to cry this makes me so upset.:help:

Ok, I bought saline yesterday and tried that because I am desperate for sleep and I slept the whole night through which I haven't done in over a month. Thank you so much for that suggestion.

you know it kind of feels like it could be coming from the nasal area, thank you I will definently try that.

It's more like just flem and it almost feels like it is coming from my lungs or something.

Have you been having reflux since 2001?

My doctor will still give me a fill, I am scheduled for the first week of June for a fill. And I don't have much restriction right now. I just started taking prevacid again, I hate having to take medications again. I thought that the band was suppose to prevent reflux? I'm confused. Thanks for your response. Let me know if you find out if there is another fix for reflux besides medicine.

I have been banded since 9/6/05 and the band helped my reflux and heartburn to go away completely. Now, just a month ago I have been waking up every night choking about 4 to 6 times a night, I am guessing acid reflux-it feels a little different then it used to before the lapband. I haven't had a fill since feb and i was fine the first two months with it. Now I am not as restricted and having this problem.

Has anyone had this particular problem and what did you do to help it?