Buttercup

Very funny!! I was being serious, but I think I worded that wrong!

When you have a patient who is having say compliance issues versus mechanical issues with the band do you refer them more towards your dietician, a psych person, or do you try to work with them first? I am thinking your patients are quite blessed to have a R.D. with a band?

I must say I have been somewhat of a pouch packer and I think that has had alot to do with getting myself to this point. Sort of a vicious circle...pouch packing..pb..reflux..unfill. I have spent alot of time being disappointed in my band instead of realizing I was basically challenging every guideline there is to having a band. I hope to do better when I get my fill back!

Hi All, I am new to LBT, but I have had my band for just over 2 years. This is my first post here. I too have had alot of problems with reflux and what I felt was lack of restriction. I have had nearly as many unfills as I have had fills. I have tried every thing to deal with the reflux, including raising the head of my bed, pepsid every day, flushing my pouch in the evenings, etc. Nothing made sense, I seemed to have zero restriction, but I had awful reflux. So I never thought that I could be to tight. This last bout I only had 1.2cc in my 4cc band. I kept thinking maybe I had a slip because I also have done alot of pb'ing. I have definitly had some pouch management issues! So I finally talked my Dr. into letting me do a barium swallow. So as I was swallowing the thick barium the radiologist keep saying to me " Go ahead and stop if you are full". I just kept drinking. She said it again, and I told her that one of my problems was that I do not seem to feel any restriction. She then showed me that I definitly had restriction and that the barium was moving very slow. She then showed me what looked like a small stomach sitting above my band. What she seemed to think was mostly very dialated esophagus. So at present time I am on the 6-8 weeks no fill plan with a follow up barium swallow before I can have a fill again. This has been very eye opening to me and maybe this will help someone else with the same issues. Thanks for listening!