Erosion

[kels764 0]

Does anyone know if an upper GI series would show erosion of the band or not?

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

Yes, it could, but you might also need an EGD.

[kels764 0]

Is that when they put the scope down your throat and into your stomach? I'm pregnant so I know they won't be able to do anything like that until after I have the baby but I had an upper GI when all of these stomach pains started and I just needed to see if that would show erosion but after reading apparently erosion doesn't cause pain? Just weight gain? Who knows

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

Yes, an EGD or upper endoscopy involves putting a scope down your throat and into your stomach, while you're sedated, so not something you'd want to do while pregnant. You shouldn't have an upper GI while pregnant either.

A common symptom of band erosion is an infection at the port site (from bacteria traveling along the tubing). The port site would be red, swollen, and hot to touch. Minor erosions are often "silent" (no symptoms). Other signs of erosion include fever, back pain, difficulty eating, complete loss of restriction. You really need to discuss this with your surgeon, and maybe have a complete unfill to reduce the amount of stress on your stomach and esophagus.

[kels764 0]

I had my upper GI done before I was pregnant and I don't have a surgeon right now.....or should I say a surgeon that gives a crap about what's going on. About 6 months after being banded I began having severe on and off stomach pain that my surgeon never ran any kind of tests to see what was going on, luckily I am a nurse and work for a doctor who ordered several tests for me that showed the band was in place. And since the band is in place and it's not slipped, my surgeon wants nothing to do with me and swears up and down it has nothing to do with the band.....I don't have a gallbladder so I know it's not that, Ive been checked for a hernia so I know it's not that. In arkansas, it's difficult to get in to another surgeon because they don't want to touch another surgeons patient. So I've given up on any help from any Lapband doctors and am going to see a gastroenterologist and am saving money to have this Lapband removed as soon as the baby is born. This Lapband has been nothing but pure hell from the very beginning and I cannot wait to have it removed. Id rather be fat and happy than skinny and in pain all of the time.