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Hello everyone! A week ago I had my band to sleeve revision! I am feeling pretty good. However, when I swallow and something goes down I feel pain around the top of my stomach. It is right under my breasts right around where the esophagus meets the stomach. This is pretty much the same location where my band was located. Did anyone who has had a revision experience this and did it go away? I figured that it might be from swelling from where the band was taken out. When I asked my doc how everything looked when he removed the band, he said there was little damage, no erosion and little scar tissue. So, I didnt' go into this with a whole lot of damage. I hope this is normal and just a by-product of band removal and hopefully will heal soon. I would love to hear from other people. I get scared when reading about narrowing and constriction of the stomach. FYI......I am not experiencing problems such as throwing up.

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Hi,

I didn't have a revision but.....I have the same pain....I am day 11 now and saw the surgeon on Fri. He said that it is from swelling and they some folks feel it and to consider myself lucky because I can tell when the food goes down. The swelling will go down and now that I'm on soft foods I feel it briefly every 3 or 4 bites....I'm trying to keep an eye on it...but the surgeon seemed VERY unconcerned...let me know what you find out! Tracy w.

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Thanks Tracy....I really appreciate it. I feel better in knowing that this is probably normal. It hope it disappears soon. I have the same problem.......I don't feel it on every bite, just every few bites. Hopefully, both of us will be feeling better in a few weeks. You are a few days ahead of me. I am on day 7, so not too far behind you. Otherwise, I am feeling good. I do have some pain where my port from the lapband was removed, but that is to be expected. I am still very happy that I did this surgery.

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