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Hi there. I am sorry to hear about the heart burn. It's as simple as this: You're too tight. You should be able to get things down easier than that. Your esophogus has a bit of reflux it sounds like. If you can get a cup of food down a day, that's actually not bad. However, you are having heart burn, so that food is moving down, then back up again. Heart burn is not good for your esophogus. Get over the counter prilosec, take 20 mg in the AM and 20 mg in the PM... this is to heal your burned esophogus and keep the acid to a minimum. Get a 'slight' unfill before the reflux gets so bad where you have to have a COMPLETE unfill to heal everything.

Hey there!~ I'm having a hell of a time. My doctor is in mexico so I just hate to go back again. After a year of research, I finally found a doctor here in California who will see a "mexico patient". And he's not expensive! ANYWAY, I talked to him for about 30 minutes today regarding my reflux. First off, he said if you can get 40 oz of liquid down per day, you're not gonna die. YEAH! Try to include some of that ISOPURE clear liquid protien too. He said I was banded too tight. If you are not able to get food down and your having reflux, you are just too tight. He said a lot of doctors AND patients rely SO MUCH on the band, they want to tighten it up as much as tolerable... and that's not the way the band is suppose to work. He said I need to take out 1cc, wait a month, let the stoma heal, then SLOWLY put back 3-4ccs at a time... and he said I was probably about 3ccs over what I should be (which is what I told my doctor in mexico, but she wouldn't listen) which is why I am in this situation now. I asked him about prilosec and nexium. He said if I can get down liquid okay, then take it. Otherwise, it could irritate the esophagus more. So, hold off on the meds until you can get down warm water at least. So far, that's all I have! I don't know where you live, but this doctor sounds great and I am so happy I found him. His name is Dr. Billy. He's from SoCal, I'm in NorCal, but he sees pts up here once per month. I'm seeing him next Saturday.

Hey there, Congrats. I came in here today seeking answers as well. I was banded on 4/09/07 and have not had a fill in about a year. I recently began having heart burn and unable to hold much down. I can probably keep a cup of solids down in a day for the past couple of days but began having heart burn about four days ago. Any suggestions?