I've been banded since July 2006 and since June 2007 I have had reflux problems. I never had reflux problems prior to surgery. I've changed my diet by eliminating foods that can trigger reflux and taking Nexium. 2.5 cc's was removed from my band (I had 3 cc's) and was hoping that this would help which it hasn't.

Six months later, the reflux is still around. I've had horrible backaches and am only able to eat 1/4 cup of food at a time. I was having so much pain eating and drinking that I was put on Sucralfate which is used for ulcers and helped for a short time. I got an Endoscopy a few weeks back which shows no ulcers. Somedays I can tolerate liquids and other days it comes back up. Each day is different and I never know what will happen. The only upside to this is that I have lost 15 pounds since June.

Linda