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NeenBand

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  1. NeenBand

    I really NEED some answers

    Coffee and dairy does that to me. Especially the dairy, very hard on my digestive system.
  2. Ha! Your so right! By the way, I missed it, who was banned and why?
  3. As a mod of another board I have a three strikes and your out policy. And then I ban their ISP. Having people fight and flame others (and it's always the same people too) or break the other rules are disruptive to a support board. Some people love that drama, but I've seen many good people leave them, or have them go under for letting people do whatever they want. So I vote ban them if they keep breaking the rules.
  4. NeenBand

    Long term reflux?

    I seem to produce a lot of mucus too. I have never PB'd, just get mucusy and the weird throat stuff. I'm not sleeping well due to this and my throat feels weird while sleeping and waking up in the morning. I've been on Protonix for a month now though. Did Dr. Abkin prescribe the Nexium or did you go to the gastro? Yea, Nino is good, but I hardly get him. Quite often I'm put on hold and after 5 minutes I call back and they don't even remember they had me on hold...they just forgot about me. This happens to me almost every time I've called.
  5. NeenBand

    Long term reflux?

    Hi Seppi, I have no answers for you. The office is a busy one (too busy if you ask me) and so I'm just not sure what, when or how to tell you the truth. I am very concerned with what Geezersue speaks of and the article. The dismobility. I would love to get this problem solved and fixed, AND keep my band, because the band is and will work for me if my throat will cooperate. Does your throat feel odd when your sleeping or when you wake up?? People have also noticed that I am constantly clearing my throat.
  6. NeenBand

    I'm new....just wanted to warn you

    I'm so sorry this happened to you. And at the risk of getting people ticked off at me, agree that no one should have it done in Mexico unless they live very close by it. I just think of my own trips back and forth to my doctor when issues have come up, or for support meetings, etc. and can't imagine living hundreds or thousands of miles away. The band needs so much supervision by the doctor, I think it's not the wisest choice to go to Mexico for this surgery.
  7. My throat feels weird during the night and in the morning. I can't explain the feeling. It's been slightly sore too. I know the first thing to think is acid, but I've been battling acid reflux for 5 years, and it feels different. Maybe it's related, I don't kniow.It's been feeling this way since the banding. Also Anyone have suggestions on how to sleep in an upright position? I have acid reflux before banding and it has not gone away. I use 3 pillows to prop myself up, but I find in the morning I've slipped down flat, or I have a stiff neck. I can't raise the bed as it keeps my SO awake, and he needs to sleep well too. Thanks!
  8. NeenBand

    Anyone's Throat Feel Weird?

    Thanks for your support MBPRN, I appreciate it. It helps to know your not alone , as you go through this stuff, especially since no one around us really understands the band except for the banded. BJEAN, I'm glad I could help you out in any way. This board is great for that. I was on here for a year before banding gleaning the info just as you are. The journels are good for that too.
  9. NeenBand

    Anyone's Throat Feel Weird?

    I'm doing much better. I've been on liquids for 3 days now. The cough and phlem is still there, but greatly reduced, as is the soreness. I'm concerned about going to food today, I don't want to undo any healing. But I'm starving. It sure goes to show you that even though we think we are eating slow and small in comparision to what and how we ate before, it may not be for the band.
  10. NeenBand

    Long term reflux?

    Hey Seppi, I'm in the same boat. Even this small fill is giving my esophagus a problem, and giving me reflux. I had reflux before banding and getting my gallbladder out helped a lot, but not completely. I also have the same doctor as you, so we really are in the same boat!
  11. NeenBand

    Long term reflux?

    I'm sort of , in the same boat. I had reflux before banding, and after a fill, it's worse, even on Protonix. I'm wondering if I should switch to the Nexium? I don't want to lose the band, but I am worried about the long term reflux damage if we can't get this under control.
  12. Hey all, Weird things going on in my throat for weeks now. I have mucas build up, but it's not a PB. Kind of like when you have a bad cold. I am clearing my thraot so much it's sore. This happens all day and at night, I'm not sleeping well. Thanks
  13. NeenBand

    Anyone Have Mucas But No PB's?

    Hey Jack! Thank you for your responses. I talked to the nurse, who spoke with the doctor. They think I have irritated my pouch and esophagus due to eating too fast and too large. They don't want to do an unfill just yet, as it has 1.5 cc in a 4 cc band. They want me on liquids for 3 days, and if it's still not better, they will have me go to the ER for an unfill. I have bad asthma, so yes as someone pointed out, the lungs are a concern.
  14. NeenBand

    Anyone's Throat Feel Weird?

    Thank you for your response Nurse Ratchett. ;p. I talked to the nurse, who spoke with the doctor. They think I have irritated my pouch and esophagus due to eating too fast and too large. They don't want to do an unfill just yet, as it has 1.5 cc in a 4 cc band. They want me on liquids for 3 days, and if it's still not better, they will have me go to the ER for an unfill. I have bad asthma, so yes as someone pointed out, the lungs are a concern.
  15. NeenBand

    Anyone's Throat Feel Weird?

    Thank you, that's a great idea (the folded blanket and pillows) because I am sleeping with the pillows on an angle. Someone mentioned that it sounds like esophagitis. That's frightening!!!I've called the nurse at the office today a few times and I have not gotten a call back today. (office staff probably forgot to tell her) I'm getting really scared, what should i do? :help: I feellike I want someone to take this out of me, NOW!
  16. NeenBand

    Anyone Have Mucas But No PB's?

    Thanks Leatha. It is sore. Have you ever had it? I'm trying, but I can't seem to get a call back. It's the office staff not getting the messages through I think. :-(
  17. NeenBand

    Anyone Have Mucas But No PB's?

    I just finished eating dinner and the mucas is flowing into my throat after eating and I'm having to clear it constantly. This is defo band related. My band area feels sore too.
  18. NeenBand

    Anyone's Throat Feel Weird?

    I just finished eating dinner and the mucas is flowing into my throat after eating and I'm having to clear it constantly. This is defo band related. My band area feels sore too.
  19. NeenBand

    Anyone's Throat Feel Weird?

    Thank you so much for responding. I'm not sure what it is, but it may be an infection. I've had them before and my thraot is so sore. But it feels like the mucas is coming from the stomach. ???:phanvan
  20. NeenBand

    Anyone's Throat Feel Weird?

    hey all, thanks so much. I'm on Protonix and Nasonex, but the weird throat this is getting worse. In fact, it keeps me in a very light sleep at night. I was supposed to see the doc today, but he had to cancel due to surgery. I have a lot of mucas in my throat, at times so much I'm trying to swallow it down, ccoughing, and I'm clearing my throat a lot all day. At night, towards the end of the day, I'm sore from coughing and clearing my throat all day. There is some soreness around the band area too. I can feel this all during my sleep. I'm thinking I may have been eating too fast and too much since my very first fill last month. Suggestions, experiences?
  21. NeenBand

    Hair Loss

    I swear by Nioxin and the biotin supplements. It's really helped me out.
  22. NeenBand

    Anyone's Throat Feel Weird?

    Thanks for the replies. :-) I woke up in the middle of the night and did feel the reflux backing up. It's strange reflux, less acidey than what was a few years ago. I tried raising the bed, but the slats in my bad fall off if I do. There are no pillows out there made for us weirdlings? :-p
  23. NeenBand

    Any Massage Therapists Out There???

    Hi! I've been certified since 1998. I have had to take a break since coming down with Fibromyalgia and Chronic fatigue, but I mentor new students at a local school. I'm also a Reiki Master.
  24. NeenBand

    Threw Up Sat. Having Pain since.

    That's what I'm thinking (hoping!) I was bent over retching, and that usually does aggravate my port.
  25. Hey all, Saturday I had a bout of stomach flu and threw up 3 times. SInce then I have been having pain right under my left rib. It feels like it's in the ribs. It hurts when I lift something, cough or breath in deeply. The pain is not in my band area, the center of the sternum, but to the left, under the left breast. I am wondering if I did something or it's inflammation?? Thanks

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