I was banded 14 months ago and have lost 78 lbs. About 3 weeks ago I started having acid reflux like I did when I weighed 233 lbs. It seems to be when I lay down at night and it does not matter if I ate 30 minutes befoe or 4 hours before. I have this gurgling in my throat and then the acid comes up. It is keeping me from sleeping. I did a 2 week course of prilosec when it first started but still having it. Last night I slept propped up on two pillows and it made it a little better.

Does any one have any ideas or had this happen to them. I have been so successful with my band up until this happened.

My acid reflux came back at almost two years of being banded. It happend one month after I got my last fill. I had an unfill and it's much better. I haven't lost any weight since that unfill and I am very disappointed that I can't get another fill because of the acid. I am trying to just do better with a low carb diet.

Sounds like you might need an unfill. I had the same problem, but with night coughs as well. Evenually, my stoma became irritated and swelled closed and I was forced to get an unfill.

To follow up. I called my doctor at 11:30 a.m. this morning and I was in her office at 1:00. She took out 1cc of fluid and told me to use Prilosec for 2 weeks and I go back in a month. She thinks a major vomiting event 3 weeks ago has irratied everything and I should be o.k. I have drank water and it feels better already. Thanks everyone for the comments.