Okay... I have a call into the Doctor's office but its Kaiser and they kinda stink!!

Anyhow....got banded dec 09' had issues in April with left upper side pain toward back from an inflamed esopogus they did Barium test and determined that I had esopogitis and that was causing spasam and horrid heartburn. So I took medicine and prilosec ever since and went away. This is not a spasam either....its a dull constant pain for the past 5 days now. Ive had similar pain which would come go if ate something back or band just irritated but always went away never constant. I notice pain is worse when I eat which I cant keep food down right now. I throw up just about everything. I can handle liquid and thats it. I feel constipated too so could be gas or more severe is what I think.

My 2nd symptom that concerns me is that I go to sleep at night and I wake up in middle of night choking on GERD. Talk about nasty and scary!! This happens at least once a week for past month. I stopped eating late at night...and still happens. And if I dont wake up choking the first thing I do in AM is puke out gross acid or food that I ate the day before around lunch time. Its as if food is stuck in there and hasn't passed the band yet I can drink any type liquid and pass.....Weird?

I fear slippage, blockage, erosion....I wish I had my own damn ultra sound machine at home! LOL

I think you need to talk to your surgeon. Throwing up isn't a good thing at all, it can cause slips (I had one and had to be rebanded). It sounds like food isn't going down by what you are saying. You need to have an upper GI. Don't heistate on this, see your bariatrics surgeon.

I had the same thing pretty much. I was told by a nurse that the dull pain was due to constipation. As far as the Gerd it's because of too reasons... Either I was eating too much or I was sleeping face down. I cut down on my eating (I'm still not at my "sweet spot") and I have used laxatives. So far it has worked for me. You should still consult with your Dr. I hope this helps a little.

Call and get seen asap. However, in the mean time, take MOM and that should help with the dull pain. Go to bland foods and watch your portion sizes, that in tandem with the prilosec should help. Before banding I was on 2 prilosec per day, one when I got up and one before bed. Do not eat anything after your dinner meal, but continue to drink plenty of water.