I had the barium GI this mornig and well I had a ncie conversation with the radiologist, we go way back for he is the one that has done so many of these that it makes me just sick. The test went very well, everything is working normally except for one little thing he said it looks like my esophagus is a little spastic, he also said this is normal for no lap banded people, well I have a lap band and have had it almost three years. I have had periods of throwing up, GERD and night cough, but each time I had some fill taken out and then later it would be replaced. I have not lost any weight since May or June 2008 but I have lost 100 pounds and that is wonderful. But now I am wondering if I might lose the band and have to have a revision. My Dr. does not do the gastric sleeve, unless he changed since March but I really doubt that. I ahve heard about the mini gastric bypass and feel that I would do quite well with it to knock off the rest of my weight. has anyone ever had this problem if so please e-mail me for I am concerned and very worried. sharrroc@aol.com

from me to all of you. My Upper GI scans came out great. No kind of a problem after all.

Sharon,

You sound like you are having very similar problem as me. I'm having my second endoscopy done tomorrow, but I doubt they will see anything. They did one last October and it showed that everything was fine. The only problem with that was that my symptoms slowly got worse.

Not sure what they will find tomorrow, but after reading LBT my symptoms are consistent with a slip. However, when they check me, they say my band looks fine. I read where a couple of people had the same experience and they took the Fluid out for a few weeks, then put it back in and things were better, until it happened again.

I don't know what they are going to do with next. Let's keep in touch and compare notes.