BOBO6431

I just had my lap band surgey on march 9, 2009. Been doing good ever since i have lost 73lbs to date. About 2 weeks ago i started having some pain in the area of my stomach. Went to go see my dr and he said it was a strained muscle, since i told him i had move some heavy boxes gave me some pain med. About a week ago i started with pain in my chest area in it runs to my head everytime i take a deep breath or i burp. I started throwing up yellow stuff so again i went to dr. He sent me to have done an endoscopy this friday. There is where i found out that my "band has eroded into the gastric lumen" i am schedule to go see my dr on monday to see my options. I am a bit scared about what is going on. I want to know how serious this is, what complications i can have? Am i going to go back to normal after the band is removed? My concern is that this is a bad time for this i have so much stuff going on this next 4 weeks. Can i wait or do i need to remove it as soon as possiable

Alexandra it was just this march 2009 and yes i lost up to today 73lbs. i will question my dr. today and see what went wrong. i will let you know what happens. thanks for all your info.

Kathyy68 hi i am bobo6431 from rgv, tx. I was dignosed with an eroded band on friday. I am going to go see my dr today i think i am going to have it removed. But i am concerned about the recovery time after surgey. This is really a bad time for me to be having this going on. I have a lot going on this comeing 4 weeks. I did my lap band 4 months ago i have lost a total of 73lbs to date. I am really worried about gaining the weight back after i have it removed. I am also worried about the surgey because i had a bad time with the anestsia. How long is the recovery time?