Hi:

I have had a feeling like a lump in my throat for the past five days. I cannot feel a lump. It's not like a sore throat. It hurts when I swallow and when I burp. It hurts down at the bottom of my neck near my collar bone on one side of my neck/throat. I've been exhausted lately too although my sleeping habits are good. I've had my band since 2007 and it doesn't feel like a band issue to me. Any suggestions? If it still hurts on Friday I'll call my primary care doctor because then it will be more than a week.

Have you had this happen? What was it?

Sue

Wow Sue, I hope you get it figured out. Have you considered thyroid?

^{I have GERD and a hiatal hernia and was going to my GI for quite some time. They ended up sending me to an ENT and turned out somehome the chronic reflux caused my tonsils to be infected and they were triple the size. They were removed last year. It was a weird feeling like there was a lump in my throat that I couldnt clear.}

the lump in the throat can be caused by irritation from constant reflux.

Same here I almost felt like I needed to cough it up but I couldnt and the feeling was constant! couldnt take it anymore went to the doctor my pouch was so swollen and inflammed I needed an unfill as soon as they removed the saline I had instant relief!

Thanks for your responses. Saw my LapBand doctor yesterday. He thinks it could be that I'm too tight. He took 1.5 out and said to let him know if that does or doesn't help in a few days. So far it actually feels worse. Hope it's one of those "it'll get worse before it gets better" things. I'll post again just so that someone else can learn from my experience.

Thanks again fellow bandsters.

Sue