I got my third fill on Friday July 1st. I'm up to 3 ccs in a 4 cc band.

I've never noticed much of a problem in my prior fills with some issues I'm having now.

I'm burping a lot. A LOT. When I'm hungry I feel sick, my stomach hurts.

I ate something with some pepper (black pepper) on it (I shook a little on) and I got a burning sensation in my stomach. I pureed some chili....way to spicy. Then yesterday I tried having a little spagetti sauce (out of the jar, not homemade and not spicy) and again, the burning sensation. Also, the heat of food, like Soup, seems irritatig. Cold things feel better.

I've had some trouble eating....but I see steady improvement little by little. I can eat a very smooshed up boiled egg with a little mayo and some potted chicken as well as the mushies. I can only eat about a 1/4 cup at a time of anything.

My doc is out of town til tomorrow. I've talked to his coordinator at his office last Thursday and she told me to call her this am to let her know how I'm doing and if I want to come in.

I'm wondering what erosion feels like. Anyone know?

I've lost about 10 lbs in the last week...which feels good, but i'm a little worried about my band.

I soo wish I culd help you out w/advice. I have yet to be filled though. I would think untill the Doctor comes back- try & stick with protein shakes that are cool & calming to your newly squeezed stomach. I sure hope your feeling better soon. Please let me know what your Doctor says.

Linda, what you are experieicing sounds just like Gastirtis. I was diagnosed with it, I had an endoscopy and it showed gastritis. Here is a link about Gastirtis, sounds just like it to me. There is a difference between gastritis and GERD

http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=342EF017-2230-45E3-9B6C9D069CEFA6DE&dsection=2

The burping, the burning, the pain in your stomach

Ask your Dr. to do an endoscopy if you are really worried about your band. He will be able to see what is goin on down there. Also ask him if you could take some Prilosec OTC, it helped me alot.

I was on Nexium and prilosec OTC for 2 months, my esophagus healed , the gastritis is gone.

Im not sure what it is, but I had it after my last fill. i now have 8.2ml in my 10ml band. I have had 7 fills with no real restriction so I wanted to ride it out a bit to see if it stayed or went. I had it for about 2 weeks and it went.

So I dont know what it is or why I had it, but sounds pretty similiar to what you have.