This is my 1st foray into posting- please excuse if I'm in the wrong spot (someone just direct me to the correct area)!
I received my band in Sept07. To date I've lost about 70 lbs (it should be more I know but I seem to not have shed all of my former bad habits like: not exercising much, not eating all of my Protein, eating easy to go down foods which are typically carbs, etc). About 6 months ago, I realized that I was waking in the night with an acid taste in my mouth (I put myself on an acid reducer). Around Christmas time, the "taste" turned into actual regurgitation. My family commented during the holidays that they could her me burmping/belching (and I thought I was doing it SO quietly). My GP prescribed Nexium. If I don't eat/drink after about 5:30, I don't have the regurgitation issue at night. Now I am aware (when I am seated at my desk, church pew, etc) that there are squirting sounds coming from the general area above my band. The sound can be immediately after drinking or an hour or so later. I had that awful stomach virus about 3 weeks ago, and vomited and dry heaved all of one night. Since that ordeal, I've felt rather like my band area was just a bit tender (but nothing to go to the bariatric surgeon about). Last night, I had laid on one side- then rolled onto my back. I happened to run my hand over my band area and I swear I think my band was standing on edge (it flattened out after I rubbed over it. Does any of this sound familiar to anyone else? I know someone is going to say "why haven't you been back to the surgeon?" Well, I was a self pay recipient, my surgeon charges $250 per visit/fill, and I have a $1000 deductable insurance policy. And stupid me, I don't know if my health insurance will even cover an upper gi assessment or not due to the band being like a preexisting condition. Your thoughts/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
