Esophageal Mobility Problems

[kmayer77 0]

HI, THIS IS MY FIRST POST ON THIS SITE. HI EVERYONE, NICE TO MEET YOU.....I WAS SUPPOSE TO GET MY BAND ON AUG. 2ND BUT MY UPPER GI SHOWED I HAVE "ESOPHAGEAL MOBILITY SOMETHING" I AM SO WORRIED THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET MY BAND WHICH I HAVE WAITED SO LONG FOR.:think I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW BEGINNING. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE ANY IMPUT ON THIS.

THANKS,

KATHY

[Becky Lambert 0]

I know how bad you want the band and If you are like me you will not want to hear this but the band and the esophageal dysmotililty work against each other and neither can work with the other. I have really not lost any weight since I developed the motility problem I lost my weight the first year before the swallowing problem started now all I can do is maintain.You do not want to start out with this problem it will only get worse as time goes by.If you can it would probably be much better to have one of the other surgeries. I know you dont want to hear this and I am not a doctor but I have been thru the ringer lately and i have read everything I can find on this and they do not work together. Go to the specialist and hear what he says but just remember most did not start out with this problem it developed over time . I hope you will get a good report from the specilalist and I will be praying for you. Becky