Fill on Monday, Unfill on Thursday

[Morgan from OR 0]

So I went in for fill on Monday... they added .75cc - that night I was on liquids and all the next day too... Well, Tuesday night I maybe got 2-3 hours of sleep, because I kept waking up choking on fluids that were coming up my throat and into my mouth. Wednesday I continued on liquids, hoping that my stomach would "calm down" - so much for that! Same thing Wednesday night... very little sleep - kept waking up choking on fluids that were coming up my throat and into my mouth... even took an Acid Reducer, it didn't help at all. I called the Dr this morning and they told me to come in immediately for an un-fill. The Dr removed the .75cc that he put in on Monday. He said that he is glad that I notified them because I was too tight. Please if you are suffering from this "liquid in your throat issue at night" call your Doctor. You can do real damage by letting it go on for too long.

[Kalipso2 25]

i had the same thing happen to me after i was first banded. what a SCARY feeling it was being woken up by choking on your own stomach acid!! i seriously thought i would choke to death!

it took me awhile before i told my doctor but after a slight unfill everything was fine!

[Tuck 0]

Hello, I am going through the same thing you did right now. How can we cause damage by having the liquid in our throat at night for to long? Do you know what can happen? I know this sounds crazy but I got banded in March of 2010 and did not loose any weight until 2 weeks ago when I got my last fill which is to tight because I having those throat issues at night. However I would like to stay like that for maybe 3 months to lose some weight, because I haven't lost any before. So please let me know why it's not safe to stay like this too long. I really appreciate your feed back. I don't want to call my doctor because I don't want him to take any out until I loose some weight.

So I went in for fill on Monday... they added .75cc - that night I was on liquids and all the next day too... Well, Tuesday night I maybe got 2-3 hours of sleep, because I kept waking up choking on fluids that were coming up my throat and into my mouth. Wednesday I continued on liquids, hoping that my stomach would "calm down" - so much for that! Same thing Wednesday night... very little sleep - kept waking up choking on fluids that were coming up my throat and into my mouth... even took an Acid Reducer, it didn't help at all. I called the Dr this morning and they told me to come in immediately for an un-fill. The Dr removed the .75cc that he put in on Monday. He said that he is glad that I notified them because I was too tight. Please if you are suffering from this "liquid in your throat issue at night" call your Doctor. You can do real damage by letting it go on for too long.

[BarbaraSut 0]

I had my lapband surgery the end of July. I have had a fill each month since then with the exception of December, because I had lost 8 pounds and felt I might be too tight as I was constantly getting food stuck. I went in last Thursday for a fill...received 1 full cc, which I thought was too much. I drank a cup of Water, cup of tea on the way home and thought all was good. That night I could not sleep...constant gurgling...up all night... Friday I went to school, taught all day, and was not able to get down and keep down a single liquid...no coffee, no Water ..not even 2 sips of a Protein shake. Throwing up several times...felt awful...decided to drive to NYC (90 miles from me) to go back to NYU emergency room for an unfill....On the advice of the surgeon's P.A., who said that things would probably not get better and that I needed an unfill, I went to the E.R. and had .6 cc's of Fluid removed. I can now eat...I lost 6 pounds between last Thursday and Saturday morning...crazy. So...it is probably NOT a good idea to wait something like this out when it is this bad....you end up not losing weight, b/c you just irritate the band with not being able to keep anything down.

So I went in for fill on Monday... they added .75cc - that night I was on liquids and all the next day too... Well, Tuesday night I maybe got 2-3 hours of sleep, because I kept waking up choking on fluids that were coming up my throat and into my mouth. Wednesday I continued on liquids, hoping that my stomach would "calm down" - so much for that! Same thing Wednesday night... very little sleep - kept waking up choking on fluids that were coming up my throat and into my mouth... even took an Acid Reducer, it didn't help at all. I called the Dr this morning and they told me to come in immediately for an un-fill. The Dr removed the .75cc that he put in on Monday. He said that he is glad that I notified them because I was too tight. Please if you are suffering from this "liquid in your throat issue at night" call your Doctor. You can do real damage by letting it go on for too long.

[Morgan from OR 0]

This info is from the mayo Clinic Website:

Barrett's esophagus is a condition in which the color and composition of the cells lining your lower esophagus change, usually because of repeated exposure to stomach acid.

Barrett's esophagus is most often diagnosed in people who have long-term gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) — a chronic regurgitation of acid from the stomach into the lower esophagus. Only a small percentage of people with GERD will develop Barrett's esophagus.

A diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus can be concerning because it increases the risk of developing esophageal cancer. Although the risk of esophageal cancer is small, monitoring and treatment of Barrett's esophagus focuses on periodic exams to find precancerous esophagus cells. If precancerous cells are discovered, they can be treated to prevent esophageal cancer.