I'd like to ask just how many people have acid reflux problems after the surgery? Is this common?

Thank you !!!

Hello,

I have developed a very bad acid reflux problem after the band. I take prilosec. I recently went in for an adjustment and was informed that my band was dilated and my band was deflated to see if my situation would get better. After my next visit I was informed that my band will need to be repaired or look into getting a gastric bypass. The deflated band also caused me to gain back some weight. I weigh 186 at present. I'm so distruaght that I'm actually considering the gastric bypass to get this weight off me once and for all and move on with my life.

Not a happy camper right now!

Terry :thumbdown:

I'd like to make a quick suggestion for acid reflux: Has anyone tried Aloe Juice? I just started drinking it and my nights have been cough and choke free! :smile2: I'll keep using it to get the full effects, but apparently it helps with digestion too. I drink about 4 oz about an hour before bedtime.

Hello,

I have developed a very bad acid reflux problem after the band. I take prilosec. I recently went in for an adjustment and was informed that my band was dilated and my band was deflated to see if my situation would get better. After my next visit I was informed that my band will need to be repaired or look into getting a gastric bypass. The deflated band also caused me to gain back some weight. I weigh 186 at present. I'm so distruaght that I'm actually considering the gastric bypass to get this weight off me once and for all and move on with my life.

Not a happy camper right now!

Terry :smile2:

Having your band too tight is a very bad thing and will cause many many problems - most importantly up to life without the band.

I'm too tight right now and I have an appt to have some removed.

Please everyone, don't keep your bands too tight. It's not good. :smile2:

Terry I wish you well! Do whatever you feel is right for you, and to help you with your road to success and health.

Let us know how you're doing!

I never had any issues with reflux until my last fill which was Friday, October 9, 2009. I am barely able to sleep because of it!

I JUST called my surgeon's office and they said that if I am able to eat and drink--which I can but barely--that I should wait at least two weeks.

ugh!

I was banded 1/31/05, last fill 7/21/05 and just these past couple of weeks i have been experiencing lots of acid reflux while i sleep. I bet it woke me up at least 6 or 7 times last night - ugh!!! I eat my last meal btwn 6-7pm and i have not been overeating. I don't know why it has started all of the sudden. Any ideas? I do have our support group meeting tonight and i plan to ask the nurse about it. But i am confused why all of the sudden 3 weeks after a fill acid reflux started???

This is my exact experience as well. Just had the adjustment two weeks ago and can't go a moment without acids churning in my stomach. Lying down is making it worse and the pain woke me straight up like a sharp stab. I have been taking tums and pepto bismo, but I can still hear the churning and it comes back after a few minutes or so. Food does not help, but makes it worse. I can only get a tablespoon of food down at a meal. Any one feeling this and what did you do?

LILMISS DIVA do you take aloe verastreight from the plant?

It honestly took me until I got to what I consider my "sweet spot", nearly a year post-op for me to experience acid indigestion. I've never had issues with heartburn before in my life until this most recent fill which put me at 7cc/9cc. I know I need a slight unfill, but I'm still a giant baby about the needles. (No, I'm a giant baby because the PA who does the fills SUCKS and can never properly find my port, so she has to stab me and wiggle the needle around and, while I'm numb and can't feel it, I feel the bruising the next day!)

I get it when I try to eat something that doesn't go down well.

I've had issues with acid reflux at night since about 7 months post op. It wakes me up as I'm projecting acid onto my pillow several times a night! Horrible stuff! My dr gave me a fill and it seemed to subside for about a month, then returned with a vengeance! I went to my dr again and they took out .5 cc's from my band to let it rest for a couple of weeks and I'm taking prilosec during this time. It has definately gotten better in the last couple of days. Hopefully this will be a permanent fix! I just hope I don't gain weight since they had to unfill my band for 2 weeks! I definately get more hungry.

I started having reflux at night after my fill about 3 weeks ago. Just went back in yesterday for a slight unfill after doc said I had a mild dilation due to being too tight. So far so good. I feel much better and not problem last night. Only had a .1 cc unfill so it doesn't take much to make a huge difference!

Good jib, hope you feel better. I'm down almost 140lbs. since 10-10-09. STILL no fill.

Good jib, hope you feel better. I'm down almost 140lbs. since 10-10-09. STILL no fill.

140 pounds since October 2009!!?? Amazing job!!! WOW!!! And without a fill!!! How? What's your secret? Whatever it is, keep it up! again, I have to say WOW!!!:thumbup:

believe it or not, my acid reflex does not consist of heart burn.

I had daily reflux issues. I took prilosec daily as a treatment for a couple years. Since the surgery I haven't had an issue or needed the pills. Woohoo.

I just HATE the feeling of being full know. I eat until I'm comfortable. Agter a few minutes I feel full. I never like sweets so that has never been a problem. My problem in the past is that when I ate, it was a very social thing. My weight loss has slowed but not stopped. Next month I am going to my Dr. to see about a fill.