So i was banded a little over 3 years ago (24 yrs old at the time) a couple of weeks after being banded I had a grapefruit size cyst removed as well as part of my ovary removed. I fully recovered from both surgeries and I'm happy to announce my weight loss of 90 lbs thanks to the band. However I have had episodes of intestinal inflammation, bladder and urinary issues, reoccuring cysts on top of painful intercourse, pain when using the restroom and pain if I'm gassy. My ob/gyn feels I have endometriosis and wants to do surgery to confirm the diagnosis. Every month 3-5 days before my period my band gets really tight and it doesnt loosen up until a few days into my period which I have read that other people have this issue too. Whats odd is I asked my band doctor about this and he said that hormones do not effect the band. However I have read that those with endo its possible for it to spread to diaphragm and that can effect the band. Endo causes inflammation so I guess maybe its possible that inflammation of the diaphragm from endo can cause tightness of the band and lt shoulder pain around that time of the month? Does any body with endometriosis have this issue? Does anybody have the tightness issue without endo? Is there any link btwn endo and band tightness?

When i was on my period last month it felt tighter to me...I thought maybe a coincidence but i don't know..lol I have only had my band for almost 3 months but to me it did seem tighter around that time of the month and i am 100% healthy...They say that hormones don't have anything to do with our bands getting tighter but why does it do it then? They also can't explain why our bands are tighter in the morning either so go figure..lol Hang in there things will get better...

Always keep ya head LOOKING UP^^^^

I feel much, much more restricted about 48 hours before my period. And if you peek in the powder room section of the forums, you'll find this is very common. Not sure on how endo would affect this, but probably any hormone issues would make the flux in tightness more noticeable.