I dont have a band yet, but I have acid reflux. Some people say the band makes it worse and some say it makes it better. What's the truth? Also, does anyone have any tips for relieving reflux cuz ive had it bad for a few days and I feel like my chest is on fire and I have a golf ball in my throat!

The 'truth' is that it's different for everyone. I never had it so bad I'd call it 'reflux', but I used to get heartburn at least weekly, if not more than that. I have not had a problem with it once since surgery, accept for 2 days right before I was getting an unfill when I was too tight.

When I had heartburn before, I'd take a couple of Tums or Pepcid, or Alka Seltzer makes a heartburn one also that I found to work well. Most recently I tried the Rolaids chewy things that they just came out with and those seemed to work well too on those 2 days I had heartburn.

I was banded on May 26 and experienced plenty of reflux before being banded but since my band I have had NONE-WOO HOO!

For this reason alone it was worth it.