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cashley

By cashley, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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cashley    0

cashley
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My doctor has been "screwing" with me for 6 months... he's filled and unfilled me and I have the most severe acid reflux....

He's got my band empty for the last month and I'm on previcid. I had a barium and he said everything looked fine with the band... even though the x-ray tech said I showed "severe acid reflux" when they layed me back. (He said he'd look at the x-rays personally and get back with me on my next appointment)

I've had the band for two years and I don't know what changed to cause the acid as I've never had it before in my life. Something is certainly different and I have it now even though the band is unfilled. (plus I have the added hunger issue & have gained about 20 pounds)

My question is for you all that have had slips... did it take a long time to finally diagnosis or do you know of anything else that would cause this "sudden" new problem..

(I loved my band before the acid)

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cashley    0

cashley
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I've just read another slip question thread and I have a few more comments...

I do aspirate acid at night which wakes me up for hours but it's better now with previcid & complete unfill - If I skip the previcid then it's back.

I am starving since the unfill and can eat anything... so unlike many other people here with a slip who can't keep even liquids down with a slip...

These are just a few points I thought I'd point out as I didn't feel I'd given all the information.

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I actually had a slippage that was discovered because I started having severe reflux. This was discovered about 2.5 weeks ago. My doctor removed all my saline and it almost instantly fixed the problem. I haven't had any reflux since. I went back today and they did another barium swallow and it showed the band was normal. I opted to not have a fill at the advise of my doctor. I am still loosing pretty steady. I had surgery in June 07 and I have lost 80lbs. I haven't gained since my unfill. I do however feel less restricted. I am trying to exercise and eat small amounts.

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cashley    0

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I wish the band worked for me without fill... that would be great!

THis has been going on since last July... fill / unfill / fill / unfill... It's been an frustrating cycle. Any fill at all and I have the bad acid then unfill and I eat too much (and get lectured on why I'm not making better choices - duh that's why I got the band because I obviously didn't make good choices)

This is the first time I still have bad acid with the unfill... so now i'm scared but the barium didn't find anything and he's not concerned.

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On both of my last 2 fills, I've had the horrible reflux issues that you've discussed - not sleeping - aspirating acid. My doctor tried prevacid which didn't help much. My doctor removed fill to where I only have 1 cc and told me that my band had slipped. I no longer have the acid reflux issues, but don't have much restriction either. I'm still trying to decide whether to fix the band or not.

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