Had surgery on 9/4/06 and my last fill was 11/14/06... I'm about 2.5 in a 4cc band.. Self Pay..

My band has always been tight in the morning.. usually Soup for lunch.. then maybe a salad, health choice dinner... etc.. About 3 days ago I started getting acid reflux around lunch time and i have not eating anything.. Drink Water too fast.. ends up coming back up... cant eat anyting mushie, not even anything cold.. has to be hot.. Never had this problem.. getting scared maybe slippage.. Hope you got a picture of what is going on. .I seem to ramble on and on and on.. Thanks for reading and any info would be great.!!

Thanks

Stephanie

I would suggest that you get all the fluid removed from the band and give your throat and etc a couple of weeks for rest. This usually helps. PLease keep let me know how you are doing.

I had never had reflux until 4-5 mo after surgery....then it got worse and worse. My PCP gave me Protonix and it has helped. When I mentioned it to my fill doctor last week, he said, "yes, that is just the band doing that." So I assume from that that it is a common thing.

I am now 10 mo out and with the Protonix and a few adjustments to my diet, I'm doing much better.....I no longer take my arthritis meds on an empty stomach; I cut back on my coffee (and switched to Folger's Smooth, a low-acid coffee); cut out tomato-based products like spaghetti sauce; and cut out the SF dark chocolate candy I was nibbling on (the chocolate was hurting me the most).

Went to the Dr Office first thing monday morning and he took aout 1cc.. He did not want to take it all out didnt think I needed too.. He also didnt think I did any damage to the band either.. Said I would be a whole lot sicker!! Just wanted to say thanks to guys for helping out!!

Hey Stephanie - How are you doing now? I'm having the same problems, was banded in TJ and am not having success getting a call-back from my doctors.....grr........