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I had my last refill oct 2010. Beging having heart burn in marc, my surgeon prescribed prilosec 40mg. In June, I beggan waking up at night w/ discharge coming out of my nose & mouth.. Went to my pcp & got diagnosed w/ acute allergic reaction. Got whole bunch of meds & still was having the same problem. Got admitted in august 2 days w/ pneumonia. I still continued with the same problem.. It affected my sinus, throat & lungs.. I finally went to an ENT who discovered this is all due to escessive acid reflux.. He has me on antibotics, stronger acid reflux meds, inhaler & steroids.. I'm waiting for my surgeon to call me to see if I need my band to be checked..so, if any one is having thsese symptoms, dont ignored them, like I did for so long..see your surgeon!!!!

have you had any of the fill removed? That will help you. It helped me a lot :-) good luck!

Yes, I did have 2cc removed a couple of weeks ago & the reflux is gone. I still feel heart burn sometimes but, I feel 100% better. I will have refills done slowly like you adviced. I don't want to go through what I went through this past summer. Thank you.

Hi Sula, wow, so you got acid reflux again w/o having a fill. OMG, so that means, I could have it again. This is very disappointing; I had a real bad time when I had it. I feel much better now that I had 2cc removed. I don't know if & when am going back to get a refill. If I have to go through acid reflux again, then I don't want refills. Good luck tomorrow, hope you feel better.

Hi Howdybooth, I went to my surgeon today and he removed 2cc. I was at 9. He wants to see my in six weeks to start adding it back. He wants my esophagus to heal from the acid reflux.. I hope this will help me sleep at night :-)

Howdybooth, I have stop eating by 6pm & go to bed @ 10-11. I still get reflux when I try to go to sleep. I have an appointment with my surgeon on Wed. It's a nightmare.. I don't want to remove my band either but, if he has to remove fliud so, that I don't get any more teflux, am up for it!! I want to be able to sleep w/o stuff coming out of my nose & mouth.. Thanks for your information.

Hi everyone, I'm scheduled for the 3rd at 7:30am. I was lucky my insurance company approved this. My doctor doesn't require any time of diet pre-op or any weight loss. I go on Wed. for an upper GI & gallbladder US. I'm so excited. Good Luck to all December Bandsters. I'll keep in touch.:confused: