Just want to share my experience in case anyone else has this issue: My last fill was too tight. I struggled to get food down and stuck with it because I was losing nicely after a long plateau. After a couple of months I started having what felt like acid reflux (I've had it in the past). Also started vomiting. I asked the PA at my surgeon's office if I could take Prilosec for the acid reflux and she told me it was impossible for me to have acid reflux. Huh. She said because the band was too tight food was getting held up in my esophagus and irritating the lining, which felt like acid reflux. She took out 2 cc, said give it two weeks for the inflamation to die down and come back for a 1 cc refill. I left feeling immediately better and having learned something new about my lap band. Just fyi.

Linda

If this happens to any one call the office right away so you don't need all of the fill removed it is a long slow road to get up to where you were. It can also give you bad pain in your chest and a regular doctor will think it is heart related or a lung problem csll your surgeon office first.

Good to know!

Just want to share my experience in case anyone else has this issue: My last fill was too tight. I struggled to get food down and stuck with it because I was losing nicely after a long plateau. After a couple of months I started having what felt like acid reflux (I've had it in the past). Also started vomiting. I asked the PA at my surgeon's office if I could take Prilosec for the acid reflux and she told me it was impossible for me to have acid reflux. Huh. She said because the band was too tight food was getting held up in my esophagus and irritating the lining, which felt like acid reflux. She took out 2 cc, said give it two weeks for the inflamation to die down and come back for a 1 cc refill. I left feeling immediately better and having learned something new about my lap band. Just fyi.

Linda

I have to argue with your PA here. Last year, I started having really bad nightime reflux. I doubt if the brown icky stuff stuck to my pillow in the morning was extra food stuck - it was stomach acid. There's alot of people on this board with reflux. Not sure why it's impossible. If your food was stuck in there and couldn't go anywhere, how did you manage to eat for a couple months?

Just thought I'd add that there's lots of people with bands who have acid reflux. I was 1 of them until I got some Fluid taken out. Don't mean to argue with you, btw - but with your PA....

Marci