It may have already been addressed in another question, but I couldn't find anything
I have my surgery in Aug of 2009 and everything went great. I lost 100 lbs in 2 years and was able to tighten my skin as I lost weight. When I got the lap band my concern was how often things got stuck in my throat. My doctor stated that it's normal for the first few months because we are adjusting to eating the smaller sizes and that we'd need to learn how to chew and let things go down. Soups got stuck. EVERYTHING got stuck and I was constantly throwing up the food I just ate. They loosed the band and things got better. Every now and then (about twice a week) things will get stuck still because I wasn't thinking.
BUT now I noticed about a week ago my throat burns when I drink certain items. I do get heartburn, which is common side effect. But today broccoli got stuck and when it came back up there were small traces of blood and it felt like some of my esophagus was coming out too. I have an appointment to see my doctor tomorrow, but does anyone have any insight to this? I've been freaking myself out online because everything I look at says its early signs of Esophageal Cancer, which has a low survival rate and rapid spreading... Again hopefully just freaking my self out.
Please any insight.
