Advice needed

PhDiva · May 3, 2008

In brief, I've been banded greater than a year...having great results thus far. I just recently had an "aggressive" fill so that I would have good restriction. I'm loving it!!! I'm now getting "full" and not overeating.

My problem is that while I know I'm tighter than I've ever been, and I'm comfortable with it...I now have night time GERD...Now, I'm not sure if this is because my dinner hasn't had time to pass through my band...or if my allergies are just driving me crazy (which they have been doing for about 2 months now)...

It seems that I now wake throughout the night with a mouth full of...well you know...but it isn't always slimmy froth. Often, it is mucous, just as I've always experienced from having allergies and colds.

The difference is that it is happening during my sleep...and not allowing me to get full rest.

I don't think I'm too tight...and I don't want to get an un-fill (because I'm really digging my results!!!)

So, what do you think could be the problem? And also, how many hours do you let pass between your dinner and before going to sleep? ??

Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

Rubyjade · May 3, 2008

Hmmmmmmmmmmm I really really want to say that it isn't caused by being too tight. But it may be. I was waking up choking on acid during the night and got an unfill and the problem was solved. But then again, I don't have allergies either so I guess that is possible. It would suck to have an unfill because of this seeing as you are getting great results though :frown:

DonHoll1 · May 3, 2008

It really does sound like you may be too tight. Donna

Shinyhappymommy · May 3, 2008

I asked my surgeon how to tell if I was too tight and he listed reflux as one of the signs, especially at night.

I have had plenty of night time reflux before being banded. (It's gone completely now since banding.) I never experienced mucous involved with the reflux. Sometimes I'd wake up with bile burning my throat and mouth. The best remedy for that occurrence I've found is Alka-Seltzer Heartburn. I'm not sure if that's considered carbonation and whether or not it's compatible with the band, but it sure quenches that burning from reflux.

yvettebuckner · May 3, 2008

I have just recently started having the same problem with heartburn (last adjustment 7/07). The nurse recommended Mucinex for children if the heartburn was due to mucus and try Priolosec (cut up into pieces) if it is due to excess acid. According to her a lot of the patients she is seeing now are having this problem.

PhDiva · May 4, 2008

Thanks everyone for your comments...they really do help!

I might have failed to mention that the when I do have these coughing spells at night, there is productive mucous, as if I have an upper respiratory infection...And to be honest, I think I do have one. I'm a long term asthma, which I'm controlling, but it flairs at times, especially when the season/weather is changing...

The reason I don't want to get the unfill is because I love that I'm finally getting full when I sit down to a meal...and that I don't eat the WHOLE meal!!! Until this fill, I was able to eat a FULL MEAL with little to no problems...especially if I ate slowly!!!

Sooooooo.... the number on the scale is moving down (finally)....and I'm working out more (when I get hot from workouts, it helps to expel some of the mucous...and thats a good thing!)...Gym in the AM and Exotic dance in the PM...those are my new hobbies!!!

Once again...THANKS!