rxangel

Today I went for a routine visit and mentioned that I felt mike I was having acid reflux and and aching pains in my stomach. He said that was a sign of over filling and then took out the needle and sucked out all the Fluid out of my band. :biggrin: Since he did not put in my band he now wants to do an upper GI in the next 2 weeks and make sure there is no erosion. I switched to this MD when the sugeon who put on my lap band placed it on my esophagus by mistake and then 8 days after my original surgey I had a second surgey to replace the band. My current MD is concerned that since I had to have 2 surgeries that there may have been damage that the overfilled band aggravated??? It has been a year since my surgeries and I have lost 55lbs with the band. I was just getting the restriction I liked since my last fill 3 months ago and now I will have to start over. I'm afraid of over eating now since there is 0 restriction. The MD even said that he could do a RNY if there was erosion and I had to have the band removed. I chose the band for a reason and did not want the RNY surgery. Has anyone had similar problems?? Do you know anyone who has been converted from the lap-band to the RNY? :confused2: Thank you for any support. Rxangel= banded 7-18-07 and 7-26-07 55lbs down!!

It sounds like the same symptoms. My MD has given me Carafate and Aciphex (it's like Prilosec) and they have helped the aching. He said if it was the start of an ulcer this would help heal it. He was just being cautious wanting to do an upper GI. I still have that feeling in my esophagus- he was worried I had stretched out the esophagus because I was over filled. I too had the best restriction ever and I'm so worried I'll over eat now.

Hi, I was unfilled today. The MD took 8 cc's out of my band because I told him I felt like I was having acid reflux. He said it could even be erosion and wants to do and upper GI in the next 2 weeks. I just put a post up today about this. He told me that if there is no erosion then I can schedule a fill within the month. He does all the fills at the hospital under fluoroscopy. It took me 3 fills to get to the 8cc's in my band over 9 months. (I have a 10cc band) Does your MD use Fluoroscopy? Good luck, Rxangel :biggrin:

I am new here. I was banded 1 week ago on 7-18-07 and have had severe left shoulder pain ever since. I will wake up and there is no pain and 2 hours later it starts and by 3-4pm I'm at a 8-9 out of 10 on a pain scale. All I can do is drink this Lortab and it doesn't really help the pain. No one ever mentioned this to me as a possible side effect. What is causing this? Also I've had esophageal pain and had an upper GI test yesterday. The X-ray MD said it appears that the band is too high and that there is NO pouch. She did not say if it was on my esophagous or not. My surgeon's office has not called me with the results yet and I have called and left messages. I'm so frustrated. Any advice?:help: Thanks, rxangel