Right before Thanksgiving I started having really bad gas/pressure pain that went up into my ears. I called my band doc's office and was told to come in for a total unfill. Had a unfill, but still pain. Went to the ER where I was told my band was fine but my stomach was distended. Went to a different band doc (the one the hospital called) the next day and he looked at me CT scan and said "Your stomach is HUGE!!!" He ordered a upper GI and it turned out my stomach wasn't emptying, though again, my band was "fine".

Still had restriction but pain got worse. Still had the gas pressure pain on a regular basis, but also developed a "ball of pain" in my chest when I ate. Finally got into a gastro doc last week (new insurance, 3 week wait) She did a endoscopy and found out I had a large erosion. :cryin: .

I saw the surgeon today and am having my band removed next week. :cry_smile:

He told me (and I alreay knew this) that a bypass will usually fix this problem. I am going to apply for bypass as soon as I get up to a 40 BMI (I am around 38-39) I have Kaiser and it is about 9 months wait for surgery.

I am planning on doing everything I can do on my own, but I am sooo afraid of gaining all this weight back. I worked hard for it. It took me over 2 years to lose 100 pounds.

I just sit and cry.

Right before Thanksgiving I started having really bad gas/pressure pain that went up into my ears. I called my band doc's office and was told to come in for a total unfill. Had a unfill, but still pain. Went to the ER where I was told my band was fine but my stomach was distended. Went to a different band doc (the one the hospital called) the next day and he looked at me CT scan and said "Your stomach is HUGE!!!" He ordered a upper GI and it turned out my stomach wasn't emptying, though again, my band was "fine".

Still had restriction but pain got worse. Still had the gas pressure pain on a regular basis, but also developed a "ball of pain" in my chest when I ate. Finally got into a gastro doc last week (new insurance, 3 week wait) She did a endoscopy and found out I had a large erosion. :cryin: .

I saw the surgeon today and am having my band removed next week. :cry_smile:

He told me (and I alreay knew this) that a bypass will usually fix this problem. I am going to apply for bypass as soon as I get up to a 40 BMI (I am around 38-39) I have Kaiser and it is about 9 months wait for surgery.

I am planning on doing everything I can do on my own, but I am sooo afraid of gaining all this weight back. I worked hard for it. It took me over 2 years to lose 100 pounds.

I just sit and cry.

I am really sorry this is happening to you, but I am sure everything will work out. By saying that a bypass will take care of the problem what does that mean exactly? Like you will have pain because of the erosion unless you get a bypass?

SOrry for the questions I haven't had the surgery yet so I am just curious about what it means exactly to have an erosion and what it will permanently mean for u.

I am really sorry this is happening to you, but I am sure everything will work out. By saying that a bypass will take care of the problem what does that mean exactly? Like you will have pain because of the erosion unless you get a bypass?

SOrry for the questions I haven't had the surgery yet so I am just curious about what it means exactly to have an erosion and what it will permanently mean for u.

Sorry.

I left out something. The erosion caused something called gastroparesis (delayed emptying of the stomach) this can happen when the vagus nerve is damaged. There are very few cures for this, but bypass seems to be one of them.

An erosion just means my band eroded a hole right into my stomach. At this point it needs to be removed. It is not working, since it is basically sitting in my stomach.

This is a possible complication, though fairly rare. From what I have read it is usually due to an inexperienced doc not quite doing it right.

I am so sorry. :-(