My band has caused me nothing but grief for the last two years so it's coming out. In preparation for this, my revision surgeon wanted me to get all the fill out of my band so that I can get back into the habit of eating more than soup and oatmeal, because that's all I've been eating for two years without throwing up. Now that I have my fill out, I'm experiencing heartburn like crazy, and it's something I never had before I got my band, nor while banded until now. While banded with fill, I had been throwing up between once and ten times a day, almost every day, and now I'm wondering if the heartburn is a sign that all that puking has caused some damage. Has anybody else suddenly had heartburn appear after getting a complete defill?

I have been following your journey from your 1st post and I am sorry for what you are going thru as I lived your way for almost a year. I noticed that you stopped really active posting and I wondered what was going on. I am very afraid that you have been living with a very bad slip and now you may have erosion. I wish you well and I hope you keep posting.

Mimi

I have been following your journey from your 1st post and I am sorry for what you are going thru as I lived your way for almost a year. I noticed that you stopped really active posting and I wondered what was going on. I am very afraid that you have been living with a very bad slip and now you may have erosion. I wish you well and I hope you keep posting.

Mimi

Mostly I stopped posting because I work 45hrs a week and go to school, so I just haven't had the time! I also stopped because I was getting a lot of negative feedback for being anti-band and scaremongering when I pointed out that not everybody has a happy ever after ending. We all want to lose weight so much that we can sometimes be willfully blind to the potential side effects. It's the truth, but people don't want to hear it.

I'm on my way to getting my band out. It cost me $18K to put in, but it will be free to revise to an RNY as long as I'm willing to be patient and jump through the hoops for the government. If all goes on schedule, I should have surgery August or September. Now I'm just concerned about the damage my band may have done. I've had the x-ray done and it doesn't look like it has slipped but there may be something else going on which is causing the heartburn.

I wonder if your band slipped after being emptied because now it is loose and can slide around? Have you tried Prilosec or one of the other acid reducer meds?

What is an RNY?

Good luck, I hope you feel better soon!

Joan