Anyone's Throat Feel Weird?

NeenBand · August 29, 2006

Thanks for your support MBPRN, I appreciate it. It helps to know your not alone , as you go through this stuff, especially since no one around us really understands the band except for the banded.

BJEAN, I'm glad I could help you out in any way. This board is great for that. I was on here for a year before banding gleaning the info just as you are. The journels are good for that too.

BJean · August 29, 2006

Thanks everyone.

For anyone who is having reflux, I'm a veteran of that. I've had a hiatal hernia for years. I can tell you from experience that putting the head of your bed on bricks or blocks, etc. is quite different from using pillows, wedges or any other movable system.

My DH and I resisted raising the head of the bed for years. I tried everything in the book and more. I finally found myself sitting up dozing in a chair for hours until everything settled down and then finally getting a few hours of sleep in bed.

sleeping with my head flat, without any pillows or props, turned out to be a better solution when we were away from home, than trying to get everything propped just right so I could sleep without reflux or pain. Allthough sleeping without a pillow is pretty hard to do.

Once we gave in and raised the head of the bed, it took a couple of weeks, but before I even realized what was happening, I was able to sleep well without pain or reflux, no matter what I had eaten. I can't tell you how much it has changed my life. And it doesn't have to be raised so high that it interfers with your DH's sleep either. So I suggest that you give it a try. It won't happen dramatically overnight, but in a fairly short period of time, you will thank me. I promise.

(The relief comes from having your entire body at a slant, not just the part of your body from your mid-section, or buttocks, up.)