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Wow it seems as though most of you can eat a lot. I was banded in June 2008. Most things I eat give me trouble such as...bread...if it's dry, meat (I can eat meatloaf with gravy), no nuts, no chips, no pretzels, no pasta, no fruits or raw veggies, no tuna, no cereals or oatmeal, yogurt and cottage cheese only sometimes.....the only things I can eat that I have never thrown up are chocolate, cheese and icecream...all of which I shouldn't be eating or just small amounts. I have a 10 cc band with 2 cc's in it right now. I have some restriction, but mostly what happens is the food sits there 20-30 minutes then wants to come back out.

Thanks to those of you who replied. It's nice to know I'm not alone. And I appreciate your words of encouragement. I saw the gastroenterologist today. He has scheduled me for and endoscopy and prescribed a new medication called KAPIDEX. It's a quick and slow release medicine for reflux. The dr. did scare me when he asked if I had ever had an ultrasound on my aorta. He pushed in all kinds of places and asked if I felt pain but I didn't. He could not understand why I get stomach pains and more reflux when I take tylenol. I'm rather nervous now, not knowing what he may find when I get scoped. I don't want to have had to go through all this lapband procedure only to have to have it removed. A fellow lapband friend said she read some information about band sizes causing reflux. That the band which holds 4 ml, the chances of pressure build up and reflux were greatly less than with a larger size band. I have a band which holds 10 ml. I would be interested to know if the people with reflux issues have a bigger or smaller sized band.