I was wondering if anyone sufferd from Gerd before they got the Lapband .? and if it got better after they had the surgery ?

I had it pretty bad on and off for years before the surgery. My surgeon said two things would help: weight loss and the hernia repair and they did. But as I got more fills it came back so I am back on the daily Protonix and it is well controlled.

I was on medication pre surgery. Like she said above I too had a hernia and that fixed my problem. Day of my surgery I have not had to take any medicine since. Except I had to take some tums one time but that was cause my band was too tight so I had some reflux but it's all good now.