Ok to start hello fellow banders my names kristin im 24 and ivr had my band since i was 19.. This has tfuly been a terrible scary awful yet amazing journey.. I weighed 420 when i got my band i got down to 276 so i lost almost 150 pounds which i wish i could say yay im so proud of myself but no see my port flipped and i couldnt get any fills so by the time i could afford to fix it i was back up to 340 finally got it revised AWAKE! Terrible but got a fill and on the right track i went with diet and exercise guess what year later flipped again gained the same weight back same story fixed it started losin switched doctors flipped again luckly this time it had flipped itsself back but not not before i got back up to 340 this was in march of this year suddenly witj no fill since september im hecka tight cant eat or drink lucky to get one small meal in a week every other day a little water goes down.. I am now at 285 which is great but all for the wrobg reasons i go for a barrium swallow last wednesday says im to tight takes some out now i can drink water more frequently but NOTHING else! Anything with food color gathers in my band and i puke it up in a slimy ball no food except some ocassional soup if im lucky and killer heartburn n acid reflux.. Is anyone else going threw this? Please tell me your doctor has givin you some incite truly fed up and ready to havr it removed ive struggled a.d suffered to long to still be this over weight.

I do not have answer for you but will keep you in my prayers.

If you can't keep anything down, there is a chance your band is slipped. your doctor isnt at all concerned about this??

They did a barium swallow wednesday said the band looks great no slippage but idc what they say SOMETHING is not right ive had my band for six years ive been "to tight" and the unfill solved it this is something else

i feel your pain, hun. my band was tighened way too tight by my doctor MANY months ago and despite my band being completely empty and suuposedly 'sitting loose' for several months, its still too tight and i can eat. it hurts, reflux, heartburn, the whole bit. my doc cant find a reason for the problems but im praying that he will remove it. no one deserves to suffer like this.

Ok to start hello fellow banders my names kristin im 24 and ivr had my band since i was 19.. This has tfuly been a terrible scary awful yet amazing journey.. I weighed 420 when i got my band i got down to 276 so i lost almost 150 pounds which i wish i could say yay im so proud of myself but no see my port flipped and i couldnt get any fills so by the time i could afford to fix it i was back up to 340 finally got it revised AWAKE! Terrible but got a fill and on the right track i went with diet and exercise guess what year later flipped again gained the same weight back same story fixed it started losin switched doctors flipped again luckly this time it had flipped itsself back but not not before i got back up to 340 this was in march of this year suddenly witj no fill since september im hecka tight cant eat or drink lucky to get one small meal in a week every other day a little Water goes down.. I am now at 285 which is great but all for the wrobg reasons i go for a barrium swallow last wednesday says im to tight takes some out now i can drink water more frequently but NOTHING else! Anything with food color gathers in my band and i puke it up in a slimy ball no food except some ocassional soup if im lucky and killer heartburn n acid reflux.. Is anyone else going threw this? Please tell me your doctor has givin you some incite <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> truly fed up and ready to havr it removed ive struggled a.d suffered to long to still be this over weight.

WOW ! Sorry to hear that ! I have not been through it but from some of the posts I've read on here.u may need to have it replaced.I'm sure there has been some advances in the last 5 yrs.good luck !!

WOW ! Sorry to hear that ! I have not been through it but from some of the posts I've read on here.u may need to have it replaced.I'm sure there has been some advances in the last 5 yrs.good luck !!

I can't speak for the OP but I'd be willing to be that like me, she just wants the band out for good, not replaced. I've had mine for fewer years and have no fill but am having the exact same problems. No one should have to suffer like this.

It sounds a whole lot like a slipped band, but odd that the swallow didn't show it. Perhaps the unfill triggered a full on slip somehow if something has changed more since then?

If it were me, I'd be going back and wanting more answers or a revision to another procedure. Do you have one of the older 4cc bands?

its possible to experience this problem without it being a slip. my band isnt slipped. ive had an xray done, barium swallow done, and had a visual inspection done while my gallbladder was being removed. and yet i am having all of the same problems.

Maybe oesophagal incompetence. i think a number of people with bands do develop a problem where the oesophagus is no longer able to push food through the way it should.

Maybe oesophagal incompetence. i think a number of people with bands do develop a problem where the oesophagus is no longer able to push food through the way it should.

do you have more info on this?

Sorry I don't but if you search the internet you should fine info. The problem is a lot of the results are Dr's reports so they are hard to understand.

Also try searching oesophagal dysmotility.

Going in tommorrow to have more removed I have the newer band my dad and steo mom both have the older 4cc and have never had one problem

oesophagal dysmotility - my Dr. doesn't like to tight because of this. She says if you can feel the food sitting on top of your band it is too tight. You should eat and let each bite go through the band and it should only take a minute. If your oesopagus has to work and work to push the food through it can wear out the muscle and just quit trying. (another disadvantage for people who like their band really tight)

I don't know if this is what is going on with you but could be. I have never read much on it, have just discussed with my DR.

Best of luck to you!