shanit

So, what exactly are the symptoms of a hiatal hernia if you have a lap band? I have had my band for almost two years. Since last November I have been having problems with it all of sudden becoming too tight. I have had fluid taken out once then put back in. then it all of a sudden got too tight again so I had fluid taken out a second time and not put back in. But I've never had more than .5 taken out. I have been under a great deal of stress for the last 18 months due to loosing my job. Last Thursday I got extremely tight when I had to fly to Denver for a job interview. I believe it was from the stress. By Saturday afternoon my band appeared to be opening back up. that night before dinner I had coffee and then salsa at dinner which caused heartburn. Then that night i had acid reflux when I slept. I never had acid reflux since I had the band. Sunday my band wasn't tight but I had a burning in my stomach for about 20-30 min after I ate. I had no acid reflux Sunday night but I did have to take Milk of Magnsia due to constipation. Today I was real tight in the morning and i had this discomfort when I swallowed and drank my breakfast. The pain stopped at about 1pm. Yesterday and this morning i was convinced i had an ulcer, but now I'm worried that I may have a hiatal hernia. It's confusing because it seems the symptoms are the same. It should be noted that I've only had a smoothie today and 4 pretzels. the smoothie didn't go down so well but the pretzels did. I'm going to try to have dinner. What does everyone think I should do? I'm going tomorrow to see my GP about the ulcer I think I have. Should I also see my surgeon about a possible hernia? I'm really afraid of having them take alot of fluid out and gaining weight.