I came on here because I've been banded for 4 years and I'm just now having pain. It's esophageal, more upper left I guess than just center. It feels like gas, reflux, I don't know what! I thought maybe I had a partial block because I had a bad "episode" about a month ago. This has been going on ever since. I thought I had pneumonia and went to the dr! I'm starting Prilosec in case I have irritation. I never thought about gallbladder and such. What do you all recommend for clearing a partial blockage? I'm 76 lbs down and I want to do 50 more.