Hi everyone....I will have been banded 1 month on Monday...The first two weeks I was fine..had a little trouble drinking was that was to be expected...well now I am in pain...i have that golf ball feeling in my chest EVERYTIME I drink or eat...once i drink and it goes down i get that golf ball pain....almost like a big huge air bubble.....I am ready for this band to come out now....i cant take this anymore....please someone can you help me and let me know what is happening....i went to the doctor and they did a CT scan and said that it was not my band....what can this be....please someone help me out with some answers or advice!!

Thank you!!

what did your doctor say it was?

My doctor told me it was gas. I had it in my left chest, under my collar bone. It was aweful. I would think I was doing fine, then when I would eat or drink the pain would come back. Sometimes taking my breath away. I would try to lay down but that was uncomfortable. I had this pain for 7 weeks after my surgery. I was in tears and felt like I couldn't do it. I promise it will go away. I took gasX all the time. It seemed to help a little but not much. The gas just has to work its self out of your body.

My doctor told me that it was not my band causing this....he did a ct scan. But, it has to be. I mean everytime i swallow about 5 seconds later i am in severe pain until the liquid goes down...it will one month monday.....i did have a hernia repair the same time as the lapband, i dont know if that has anything to do with it.....i am always nauseated, and gagging and i get that thick slimy spit build up in my mouth like if i would have eatin to much or something is stuck, but i am on strickly liquids the only thing i have eating that had some consistency to it was mashed potatoes. I have no fill yet. I am at my wits end.

oh my gosh, so sorry that you have to deal with this. I would start documenting how you feel every single time you eat or drink something. Share that info with your doctor the next time you call him. Hopefully things will start to get better soon. Just hang in there.