I am wondering if this is happening to anyone else.... every once in a while I will wake up in the morning to find that some of last nights dinner is still in my upper pouch. Does this happen to anyone else? What do you think it means? Am I eating too much or not chewing enough?

I am 3 years out and have lost 125 lbs, I would hate to have anything go wrong now !

How do you know it's in your pouch? If you feel you just haven't fully digested, that's one thing. If bits of food come back up into your mouth that's another (just info gathering here!)

Either way though, unless you went to bed really soon after eating, I think you need to contact your doc. That shouldn't be happening (pouch OR mouth!)

You're right to wonder; get it checked out!

It did happen to me recently after my last fill. I even vomited one morning. But I've just been more careful about the amount I eat and make sure I'm up long enough before going to bed(no less than 2 hours). I even started sleeping with an extra pillow so my head is more elevated. I've been doing much better since. Try those things, and if it's still happening you may need an unfill.

Not quite, I've woken up coughing badly precisely once in four years and occasionally, when I go to bed I find it hard to fall asleep becuase I'm aware my pouch is still full and I worry about reflux happening in my sleep - it never ever has apart from the one coughing episode.

If its occurring with any regularlity its a problem, as its quite dangerous, you can have nasty complications from inhaling stomach contents. But it may simply be a matter of being a little too tight.

However, ever since being banded, although I've never been a reflux-y person, I certainly dont push it by eating and then standing on my head! Banding does make you a little less able to eat and then jump around or lie down or whatever, simply becuase food is sitting high up in there. Eating and drinking close to bed isnt a really good practice, and if what you've experienced is due to things like that and you can easily manage it, then I wouldnt be TOO worried.

But do look honestly at an unfill if you think at allt hat you may be a bit tight.

But do look honestly at an unfill if you think at allt hat you may be a bit tight.

Do you really think I might be too tight, I haven't had a fill in 6 months can it get tighter as you loose weight?:thumbup:

Generally no, the band gets looser, not tighter, as you lose. Unless you were dehydrated (dry person = tight band). That's why I think you should check with your doc ASAP. You've had a change to the status quo, and it's not what would be expected, and GERD can do damage if left untreated. Even if your band has slipped, the sooner the doc catches it, the less damage that will be done.

Thanks everyone, I have an appointment in early September I will bring it up with my Dr.