esophageal dilation - FREAKING OUT!!!!

[mgolden1984 13]

I M going to see my Dr next week. I feel like food is constantly getting stuck mostly mY Protein food no matter how well I chew it up And I feel like I can eat way more than I should. I have not had a fill in almost tao years since I was pregnant and had baby MX am breastfeeding. I am wondering if I am in the same boat here. What test can I ask to have done to. Heck my band And see if its slipped or if my esophagus is dilated? I have been thinking Bout a revision to the sleeve as well since I have now gained back 40 of the 60 pounds I lost originally. ( I only gained 15 while pregnant and it was all baby)

[ForeverFat? 9]

A little history first...i got my band in May 2008....within 2 years, I went from 331 to 155! But then started to have problems and found out i had a hernia and some scar tissue, so had to get unfilled and have surgery and start all over again..in the process went back up to 245 :-( I'm currently down to 214 and started having some issues again with a lot of things coming back up. After a doctor, who after i asked him if he did routine 5 year blood work and tests, told me that unless there was a big problem, he didn't do those tests because he didn't want to find something!!! Needless to say, i am now in the process of transferring to another doctor! In order to do this, he required blood work and an upper GI....so got this email from the doctor today and a phone call to up my appointment to Friday which wasn't scheduled until mid September! Here is the email:

Your upper GI X-ray shows that, since the last study, your esophagus has enlarged significantly. This condition is called esophageal dilation or "megaesophagus", and indicates that the band has been too tight for too long. The problem with this is that the esophagus can lose some of its ability to squeeze food forward if it is stretched out for too long. Occasionally, the band can be deflated some to allow the esophagus to recover. In other situations, deflating the band is ineffective at resolving the problem, and the band has to be removed. We can discuss these issues more thoroughly at your upcoming visit with me.

So now i am freaking...scared to death of gaining back what i've lost!!! scared that he'll want to remove it and my insurance won't cover a conversion to something else (which i don't want to do either) but i also don't want to gain any more weight! HELP!!!!!christa1.jpg

Hello I am going through the SAME EXACT situation. Dr unfilled me to allow stomach to recover, and I am SO HUNGRY. I return to Dr on 6/13/14 to check for improvement.

Uggghhh

When I got my band in 2010 I was self pay, because my insurance sucked. Now I have good insurance that will pay for a revision.

I just dont know what to do.

[f1stborn2014 0]

Any updates

[Banded in Bear Lake 8]

What were the symptoms of the dilated esophagus?