Hi all! I have been suffering for the past month with terrible pain when swallowing (in my throat and even into my right ear). I have awful nausea all day and lots of painful burping with reflux. My band doctor sent me for a barium esophagram and they found something called a "Schatzky's Ring." This is a ring-like tissue that formed at the upper part of my esophagus and almost creates another band above the lap-band. No one saw this prior to my surgery, but according to the gastroenterologist it is congenital. I have had my band for about 6 months and have lost 40 lbs. I had a really hard time right after surgery with swelling and got dehydrated. I needed to go back into the hospital for a few days to get IV fluids. I am always so tight that I never have needed to have a fill in all of this time. Now severe GERD and this Schatzky's Ring are causing me a really hard time. I had a good 4 months out of the 6 so far, but I am really discouraged. Hopefully, next week I will have a procedure through endoscopy to stretch the ring.
Has anyone else experienced this? I could really use to hear from someone, as I feel awful and would love to have further information. Happy Memorial Day weekend bandsters!
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