I have had my lapband for five years and never had a problem. I reached my goal weight early in 2007 and was just a happy camper. However, I failed to notice (or chose not to) that I was choking at night, throwing up after every meal and generally not getting anything down. I finally drug myself (well my husband drug me) to our doctor and he did a upper gi on me and found that my esphogus was three times it's normal size and about to explode. Well, needless to say I had to have all my restriction taken out and have been restriction free since the first of October. I am getting ready to get a fill this week and I am a little nervous. Has anyone else ever had this problem and then gotten filled back up?