Ok guys... I was banded about 2 years ago exactly and am experiencing a first time problem. My chest area has been very sore for the past couple of days and whenever I eat it is 10 times worse. I'm not eating too much and I just feel completely bloated! I called my surgeons office and they told me to go on a liquid diet for 48 hrs to see if that would help. They apparently think there is food stuck in my band. I have never experienced this before and am wondering if this is a correct diagnosis. I am then supposed to go in if it does not clear. I know my body and I am not sure that this is the problem. Please let me know of any feedback/suggestions. All will be greatly appreciated!!

Ouch -- that doesn't sound good. Can you make an appt for a barium swallow w/fluoro to have them check what is really going on?

Is it possible that you are having reflux and are sore from it? I know my esophagus and band area were really sore last week before I got my unfill.

I agree, I would request a flouro as well. Or, at the very least an unfill. That way, if you do have food stuck, the unfill should help it pass. Then, you should probably do liquids for a few days and ease yourself back up to restriction after that.

Do you still have your gall bladder? I am only a year out, but was experiencing some similar problems and it was my gall bladder. I got it out, no more problems.

I agree-gallbladder or worse yet band slippage - I have had both and they are not pretty. Banded 2 years ago August and struggling now.

Be well.

Fran

Ooh, good point -- I didn't even think of gallbladder. I had mine out 11 years ago, but I still remember how much it hurt, like someone had an Iron band around my ribcage and was squeezing. I thought I was having a heart attack.

They can do ultrasound to see if there are gallstones or sludge in there. That's something you want to call your primary care doc for, if you think your pain is not band-related.

Let us know how things turn out!

Yep I say gall bladder too. extreme chest pains especially after you eat.

Think about it, the gall bladder filters fat and when it gets overtaxed the fat hardens and forms stones. We are all losing weight and flushing the fat out. We are over working our gall bladders.

Good luck have your doctor check for both the band slippage and gall bladder, a simple ultrasound will tell about the gallbladder.