GinaG

Hi there, I am new to the forum and am actually trying to find help for a friend. She had her band removed almost a year ago because of the pain in the shoulder. The pain has never subsided. It was concluded that the vagus nerve was damaged. She has developed a new symptom because of the damage. She sneezes repeatedly. She sneezes so much and so hard sometimes that she passes out, sometimes several times a day. Has anyone had or heard of this? We are trying desperately to find a doctor that can help but so far have not had any luck. We have several friends with the band and she is the only one that has had this bad of a complication. The shoulder pain was completely intolerable for her. It was bad. By the way her lapband surgeon closed his practice because of all the botched surgeries he did. The problem is that now no other surgeon wants to take this on because of the severeness of it. :biggrin: So if anyone can...HELP!!