I am over a year post op - 2 days ago I got stuck....after some painful wretching I finally got relief...then that night every time that I layed down vomit came up into my throat to choke me and out my nose...I 'slept' sitting up all night and this continued to happen through out the night. the next day I had half a cup of coffee...bt felt awful then at dinner I tried a few tiny bites of chicken but it wasn't going down. My dr had told me to take Zantac after getting stuck, so before bed a took a Zantac with a sip of water and once again every time fell asleep I would wake up choking.....What the heck is going on? has this ever happened to anyone?

Please describe the "Wretching" episode? Are you talking about full blown hurling where your stomach convulses and expels food from your lower stomach or was it PBing?

It started off as pbing, but ended up full blown....

I would recommend you call your doctor. If you've never refluxed before this could be a sign of a small slip. You might need some fluid removed to let the band reposition itself?

@@WheelCrazy I agree with TMF above. Give the Dr. a call and have the placement of your band checked and let the doctor determine how much if any Fluid to remove. You should not be choking on anything in your sleep or need to sleep sitting up. This is also very dangerous, you could asphyxiate if you aspirate (breathe in) the vomit.

Let us know how you are doing please after you speak to the Dr.

I did call the Dr this morning...my luck he isn't in on Mondays the nurse said she would let him know and call me back, I haven't heard anything yet but they did make me an appointment for tomorrow afternoon. Meanwhile being up and moving around I feel ok, I even just drank some chicken broth and so far so good...it just seed crazy that it was 2 nights in a row, and yeah really scary that it would choke me and really gross that it came out my nose! Oh the struggles! Lol

@@WheelCrazy What did your doctor say when you saw him? I am really curious as this very thing happened to me last night. I wasn't stuck on anything, I think I ate too soon before going to sleep and ended up waking up with that reflux that you described where I felt like it was going to burst out my nose. Nothing did but it wasn't a great feeling, and nothing I have experienced before.