knjacobs

I got my lapband in Dec 2008 and i'm 2/3 of the way toward my goal weight. I got stalled about 2 years ago when i started having really bad acid reflux. i had Fluid removed from my band and it didn't really help. As time went on, I got worse to the point where I had to sleep sitting up, had very little fill in my band and was vomiting acid with a constant burning in the back of my throat. I managed to maintain my weight but I wasn't losing anything because the easiest things to eat for me were bad things. I had to have hernia surgery in June this year and my doctor did an EGD and said everything is fine. But I wasn't fine. So I asked for the upper GI / barium swallow and that showed my band had slipped! So in August I had my band removed and instantly was cured. The doctor originally went in to just "fix" my band but it had slipped so badly and for so long...that it had to come out. I was able to eat lots of different things...the only big symptom I had was the acid reflux. The doctor did not understand how I was eating as well as I was. I am going back in this Wednesday to have the new band put on. I had the realize band in 2008. Hopefully the new "improved" band will stay put and I can resume my weight loss. I feel like I've lost 2 years in this process fiddling around with acid reflux.