I am getting very worried. Maybe it is because I am coming up on 10 months post op and seems I am reading more and more about the severe back/chest pain/reflux issues. Is this in most of our futures? Should I just get the band out now? I have killer insurance (paid for almost all of my band) but my employer is discontinuing it as of October, '06 and switching to something else that is half the cost and covers half as much. I am so afraid that I will need the band removed and not be able to fund it! I can't believe some of the stories I have read lately...........our beloved bandland members in agonizing pain with insurance/doctors who will not help ???????

I need to get some perspective here. Seems like more and more of us are having "issues" the longer I hang out here.. Anyone else notice this?

Thanks to all who helped me through my "self-induced" paranoia.............I have had to get 2 unfills and it just seems like any less of a fill and I overeat and what seems like a "just right" fill results in eventual acid reflux/back pain. I have learned a lot from you all and perhaps I need to just go on pure liquids when I first have symptoms.

Sunsett: Hey Partner, thanks and ...............................yep (guilty) I was visiting the complications forum a little too often (how'd ya know?)

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2 months out and no problems here

I'm ten months out, 70 pounds gone, and nothing has been problematic for me. Have pb'd off and on but have no one to blame but myself for that...eating too fast or taking too big a bite. My band is my friend...it is doing what it is supposed to do. I couldn't be happier!

I'm 6 months out & never a problem at all. No slime, PB, gas, nothing but weight loss.