Hi everyone,

Well I am a month out from having been banded. I was told to be careful about throwing up because of the spasms it causes in my stomach. My wuestion is this: I have the worst summer cold/flu! I was up all night coughing up what seemed to be a lung!:tt2: Plus going crazy sneezing and blowing my nose. Will this affect my band in any way since my coughing is lasting a long time and it's just a dry but crazy hard hard cough.

Also, I had an issue with heartburn and acid reflux before my surgery. Since then it went away, but over the past couple of days, it's come back and really bad! Is this something to be concerned about? I've read a couple of posts saying that heartburn isn't a good thing to have with the band.

Thanks in advance for the wonderful advice I'm sure I will get here :biggrin2:

Oh you sound like your miserable today. The coughing isn't going to dislodge your band, but the constant pounding of your diaphragm down on your stomach can irritate it. Not fun. Heartburn, ugh! I use to think heartburn was a tummyach that you took a Tums for. I got heartburn after my band. It's nothing to laugh at. I didn't realize what it was, and thought I was feeling the food go through my band. It was the acid moving up my esophagus, causing scar tissue, and narrowing my esophagus. Jump on that immediately because it's a VERY common problem with the band. A PPI like Nexium, Prilosec, Aciphex (all expensive) work miracles for reflux with the band. But time is not not friend in dealing with it, it's your enemy so act quickly.

I waited and ended up having my esophagus dialated open 3 times to stretch out the scar tissue that developed. Good luck.

Thanks a bunch. I was taking Nexium before my surgery and the surgeon told me to stop. I guess I will start up again. Probably need to call them but being a Saturday, not sure what kind of luck I will have.