Hello Dee! I am so happy that you posted and to find someone else with gastritis and the lap band. My stomach calmed down a week after I had the fluid removed from my band. It will be two weeks Friday since they removed it. I wasn't vomiting but having a lot of problems with eating and pain. I am still waiting for a GI appointment. I was referred on that same day and haven't received a call for an appt. So I went to the health food store and these are the things that seemed to help me: Papaya for nausea, DGL (deglycyrrhizinated licorice) to sooth the stomach lining and digestive tract, and Aloe Vera for healing the stomach. I haven't ever bought things like this, but they seemed to help or time did. They told me because I have chronic gastritis that I should look into having a RNY. I have an appt Friday about having this revision. I was trying to find information on people who have gastritis and things have worked with keeping the lap band. The pain was pretty much unbearable for a couple days. Then it let up for a while but was still there and now has been gone. My gall bladder was removed as well. I had lap band surgery on 6/26/08 in Duluth Minnesota. Hope this helps and it would be great to keep in touch! Hope you start feeling better! :cursing:
