Weird symptoms after band removal

November 7, 201411 yr

Hello everyone... I have not really spent much time here, but I am having some odd symptoms since my band removal and I am wondering if anyone else has had similar issues. I got my band back in 2006 and had pretty good success for about 6 years. I had a stress induced heart attack in 2011 and the medication they put me on, really slowed me down, literally!!!

So, in March of 2014, I ended up with severe food poisioning. Vomiting like I have never before...couldnt keep food or Water down. I assumed it was just a holdover from the food poisoning. After 4 days of not even keeping water down, I went to my bariatric surgeon. Said, something is not right!! He told me, chances were that the vomiting had created a vacuum and sucked my lower stomach up into my band, blocking food and water. Said it HAD to come out, IMMEDIATELLY!!. All good, surgery went well.

After about a month, I started having some odd symptoms.

#1 I developed a swallow Vasovagal syncope.. I have had about a dozen episodes in the last 4 months...a couple pretty severe, where I did almost pass out.

#2 Extreme bloating..like I just drank a 2-litre bottle of pop. (I still have had no pop since 2006!!)

#3 "Charlie Horse" pains in my stomach

#4 I have also gained about 25# in the last 6 months. In my defense, I am watching what I am eating, quantity and quality, get exercise everyday. Not perfect but I feel like I am pretty darn good about 80% of the time!

So, I am curious. Has anyone else had similar issues? I do have an endoscopy (upper GI) scheduled in a couple weeks to check on my ulcerative esophagitis, which I have had for a few years. Going to have them "look around" while they are in there, to see if there is any explanation for my other issues.

Thoughts??

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