laureen123

Hi Everyone I am new to this forum but l hope you can help me. I have had my band for 7 years. I have had 2 tubing breakages as well as a port relocation. (We were still getting things right here in Australia l think) In all l havn't had alot of sucess either with only a 15 kg weight loss. Every time l get close to good restriction the reflux starts so l have had to back off. I havn't had a fill for 12 months but over the last few months things have gotten worse. I have been to my surgeon today with my symtoms of coughing and waking in the middle of the night with mouth fulls of vomit. I have had to sleep in a chair but it still happens, tablets don't seem to work. He emptied my band and is sending me off for a barium swallow. If this confirms his suspicion of a gastric pocket ???? (which seems to be common around the 6-8 year marks he tells me) he says l will need my band replaced as it won't fix itself. Have others had this problem? Did it fix in time or was a replacement needed. I have had so many surgeries l want to avoid any more if l can Regards Laureen Victoria, Australia