I had my band placed in 2007. I was doing great until I quit smoking in 2009. I gained almost all my weight back and wasn't following my diet. Just as I was ready to get going again, I found out I was pregnant and had a baby in October 2011. Since then I recently was diagnosed with sarcoidosis. I will go 2-3 days where I can't eat anything or it gets stuck and I throw up, but sometimes I throw up and an hour later can eat just fine. My band is completely open, because I wanted to get my health problems diagnosed before I started working on weight loss again. We thought that some of my swollen lymphnodes was causing constriction on my esophagus. I had an upper GI and it shows that my band is displaced and is at the gastroesophageal junction. It also shows that there is some distention of the distal esophagus and intermittent brief delay in passage through the junction. I am an RN but I can't seem to wrap my head around all of this. I don't know if it has slipped or what? I'm scared, ashamed and angry that this is happening. I feel like a failure. I know I need to go to the surgeon, but I am hoping that if any of you have had this or knows someone who has, please please please help me to understand.
