I had my lapband 3 years ago and have succeeded at losing 1 pound! I will regurgitate on a small amount of liquid....especially in the morning. After I vomit the small amount of food or liquid, I can then eat pounds of food without any symptoms. What is this about?????????????? d.

This means toy are not using the lapp band correctly. Also I wouldgo see you're surgeon

I suggest a visit to your doctor is in order as what u describe is definitley not normal !

This has been going on for 3 years? What does your surgeon have to say about it?

According to your profile, you've lost 28 lbs, so what arithmetic did you use to arrive at the 1 pound loss? Have you regained weight, or what? And once again, what does your surgeon have to say about it?

If you have had your LapBand 3 years and only lost 1 lb. you have more to worry about than vomiting up liquid.

First I find this post hard to believe it is true. Come on you would have already seen your doctor, many, many times.

We are people here who are serious about our journey with the band and you are wasting people's time. I just wasted 3 minutes answering this.

Cheri

Did you mean 1 lb. a week maybe? Anyhow, this happens to me occasionally and I have a difficult time getting things down at the start up of a meal. I have to stop otherwise I will get sick. After I wait a few minutes I can continue with my meal, then will usually feel like I can't have another bite, I stop, then the strangest thing occurs when I actually feel the food go through my band (stoma) with the feeling of a thump, then, I can eat a larger amount of food if I choose to. I can't explain it, however, this only happens occasionally to me. If this is happening often you should see your doctor about it. I have an appointment coming up in 2 weeks and will be asking my doc why this happens. Hope everything turns out good for you.

I have heard something called first bite syndrome, maybe look into this. Otherwise, you may be eating the first couple bites too quickly. I would recommend you see your Dr to discuss the problem.

Moved away from original surgeon. When I started regurgitating with just a few sips of water, I returned to him and he could not explain the problem, nor the ability to eat a lot after bringing original food up. Stopped going to current surgeon. Returned recently asking to have the band loosened. He said I needed to have it tightened and explained that this vomiting was normal! Lack of weight loss explained by not being tight enough.

continued by lapband 77: All the weight I lost was pre operation and immediately after operation....while on liquid diet. Going to a new bariatric surgeon. Am I the only person with these symptoms?

continued by lapband 77: All the weight I lost was pre operation and immediately after operation....while on liquid diet. Going to a new bariatric surgeon. Am I the only person with these symptoms?

You need a new surgeon. It's not normal to regurgitate on a regular basis. Doing that can lead to serious complications. You're not the only person with those symptoms, but most patients who talk to their surgeon about the symptoms get an unfill, not a fill.