OMG I have had heartburn for the last 3 days now and nothing is working to get rid of it. I tried calling my doc but he will be out of the office till the 14th. Before being banded the only way to get relief from this feeling was to vomit the acid out of my stomic. I don't know how I can do that now that I am banded. I am pretty sure the doc left some saline in the band when he placed it. I don't know what to do. With the insurance I have I can't just go to any other doc. I don't know if I can wait till the 14th...... Jennifer

What have you tried? Did you try Prilosec? Since you had heartburn before being banded were you treated for it with precription meds? Vomiting to get rid of heartburn is not healthy. With or without the band. Have you added any new food recently? Doesn't your doctor have someone who is seeing his patients while away? You need to call them and demand some relief. Good luck.

Well I just got ahold of my doc and he said this sometimes happened when transitioning from liquid to puree. I am going into his office to get some sample heartburn meds from his nurse. He said it should not last more than a week if it does than I will have to get the 1cc of fluid that is in the band taken out but he has never had that happen so soon after being banded. I hope the meds work.... Jennifer

Prilosec doesn't really work for a couple days. You may wanna try pepcid and tums or zantac until you can get samples from them. It may take the edge off a little bit.