I am two years out from banding. I have been my current weight or around it for well over a year I am wondering if I may have hiatal hernia....has anyone had one???? I can't seem to get past my current fill w/out night coughing , weezing and throwing up...I tried twice a little more and each time took it out. I thought it was due to a cold all of the mucus. I had the flouroscope last month all looked well including a chest x-ray.

last year I had only two fills all year. I feel pressure right in front where my bra line is between the boobs ....all of the time even before my last fill two weeks ago. It was my first fill since April 2006. I only received a small fill.

so to recap: can't get past this fill to reach my goal in over a year . If I go past I must remove ( it is not filled all of the way ) due to cough , throwing up at night, feel pressure just under the ribs between bra line and boobs -like a constant uncomfortable feeling.... had flourascope looked ok last month... Hiatal Hernia or something else??? Oh and I think I aspirate from the night coughing.... help!!!!!

I think this seems to be an issue for a lot of us. During my first year of being banded, I was filled, unfilled over and over again and everytime they filled me over the 2.0 level - I would develop acid reflux. Finally I said that's it, lets just leave my fill at 1.9 and see how I do. Have not had any reflux problems since. However, my weight has remained the same for the past 4 months. I notice that if I eat strictly protein first....I can feel my band working and restricting the amount I can eat; but I find I can eat a lot of stuff other than protein that is not so healthy and eat a lot of it w/o my band saying stop. So I think we just get to a point where we are going to have to use a little will power with our food choices and then the band will work for us. I can eat candy, chips, etc and never get stopped by the band...........so if I want to lose this last 20 lbs.....its going to require a little more effort on my part, more exercise and better food choices.