Hi All,

I was bandd on 4/16/09. When I started the pre-op LapBand process last December I weighed 232. On the day of surgery I was 206. I am now 177, so I've lost 55 pound total, but only 30 since the surgery. I expected to lose more than I have post-op.

It's been a rough ride. My doc said he started me out with a 2cc at surgery. I've had only one 1cc fill, which was on May 29th.

Since the surgery and my fill, I vomit up more than I keep down. It not a particular food, but seems to be a day by day thing, but I'd say 5 out of 7 days, I have issues. I didn't go back to my LapBand doc until the end of Sept. because I didn't think I was ready for another fill.

The week before I saw my band surgeon, I went to an ENT doc because I always have phlegm in my throat. I thought it was a throat/nose issue. The ENT numbed me up and put a camera up my nose and down into my throat. He said my esophagus was swollen due to reflux and told me to stop Nexium and prescribed Kapidex. Personally, I think the swelling is from all of my vomiting. Having a swollen esophagus doesn't help with the food going down.

So when I relayed all of this to my Band doc, her refused to give me a fill and sent me for an upper GI. Turns out I have a hiatal hernia. The LapBand surgical report stated no hiatal hernia at the time of my banding.

So, I have been taking the Kapidex and am still having problems. I reun to my Band surgeon in two weeks. Don't know if he'll give me a fill under these circumstances. I will probably have the ENT scope me again as it seems simpler that having an endoscopy.

So here I am at a weight loss plateau and not knowing what the next step will be.

Anyone else have any of these issues?

Thanks!

You prpbrably need to have that hiatal hernia repaired that will help with the indigestion issues you are having.

I would get the hernia repaired but also switch to protein drinks, soup & jello for awhile to see if that helps.

You prpbrably need to have that hiatal hernia repaired that will help with the indigestion issues you are having.

My surgeon repaired a hiatal hernia at the same time as he installed the band. I had chronic acid reflux since I was a teenager. I have had absolutely no reflux since surgery and am no longer on meds for it.