I posted a couple of days ago about left upper arm/shoulder pain after my second fill. I emailed the doctor this afternoon, and he said that I need another upper GI swallow, and if that's okay, then he'll do an upper endoscopy to make sure everything is okay. I think I'm a bit freaked out because his office called me rather immediately, and got me in to an imaging center Monday morning. Geez......I did not have any of this pain until after that second fill. I hope this isn't the start of lap band complications. I was doing great until this..

Good luck to you!! Keep us posted on what they find.

I'm so sorry to hear that. I know I would be freaked out too. Good luck and I hope everything comes out OK.

~~~Stephanie

Wishing you good luck and sympathizing with the torture of waiting all weekend. Try to distract yourself to minimize worrying.

Good Luck and try not to worry!

Think positive thoughts and I hope all turns out OK. Keep us posted!

This may sound completely crazy, but have you tried taking antacids? Like 5-6 Tums?

Why not get a little fill removed?

This may sound completely crazy, but have you tried taking antacids? Like 5-6 Tums?

No, but I may do that today!

Why not get a little fill removed?

That's where is may end up, but he wants to make sure that nothing more serious is going on.

Try not to worry. I would be freaked out more if I were having problems and no one was taking me seriously or listening. At least this way you will get answers sooner than later and it may be an easy fix. Worry won't make you feel any better so just be patient, Monday is almost here! Keep us posted!

Instyle - thank you. I am glad that my doctor is taking a very proactive approach. I would be scared if I had a doctor that sloughed it off as something less than what it could POSSIBLY be.

I haven't been freaked out this weekend. My attitude is, that it will be what it will be. With that being said, my arm today isn't hurting as much; comes and goes. I hope he finds that nothing is wrong, because I'm very happy with the way I feel when eating, after the 2nd fill. If they have to take out 1/2 cc to bring me back to where I was before, I can live with that. I just hope that the arm/shoulder issue timing, is something unrelated, and simply coincidental to the timing of the last fill

Well......the upper GI swallow came back normal - yay! The band is in place, and everything looks fine. The only small thing he found was a bit of reflux, but said it was at the lower end of what they see with banded patients.

My doctor now recommends that I have the last 1/2 cc taken out, and see how I feel after that. That was only my second fill, and I'm just learning how things feel with all the changes. I have also noticed since the last fill, that I have difficulty eating in the morning. I also continuously feel like I have a lump at the bottom of my throat, so maybe the band IS just a little too tight. I've been a little nauseous too, which I didn't have prior to the second fill. What a learning process!!

So glad everything turned out ok!

A few years ago, my dr's office scared the crap out of me! My surgery was done in KS and then I moved to CO and 5 years went by before I finally found a new provider in CO. So every couple of years when we went home for vacation, I made an appt with my original dr for a fill. So about 2 years ago when we were planning vacation, I called to tell them I wasn't getting enough restriction and needed a fill. While on the phone, I mentioned that about a year before that, I had had the flu and was throwing up. She (just the receptionist, not the dr or other medical provider) kind of freaked out and talked about how dangerous that is and I might need to have the band removed. I was in a panic for several weeks until we finally got there and I got in for the fluro. Everything was fine. Several weeks of torture for nothing!

I can relate to the fear and the relief! Good for you!

Shelly

Jeez - they really need to talk to their receptionist about not projecting probabilities. That is a long time to go, thinking that the worst is coming! At LEAST transfer you to a nurse!