Reflux Solved

I have been suffering with reflux since June when my surgeon removed all the fluid from my band leaving 3.5 cc that couldn't be pull out. The reflux didn't go away. I went on a PPI twice a day, took Carafate four times a day and antacids as often as possible. My reflux was certainly affected by stress and my surgeon was starting to discuss removing my band. Talk about strees. I do not want to have the band removed. I love my band it has helped me lose 82 pounds and even when it was empty it still helped me because if I ate a wrong food or too fast it told me. I kept my weight off with hard work and exercise. All summer I've been trying everything I could think of to resolve the reflux and after removing anything I thought offensive from my diet I tried adding them back one at a time and when I drank a hot chocolate and could breath fire for 48 hours I knew the culprit. Chocolate and with chocolate comes caffine. So being off both of these now leaves me with very little reflux and Dr. Catania added 1 cc back to my band and we'll see how that goes for the next 6 weeks. I am so happy to have it resolved and feel so much better that it looks like I can keep my band.

Sometimes we over look the simplest cures! I'm glad you took the time to experiment and find the culprit, wishing you more success in the future!

Thanks for sharing your experience. I know this will be helpful to many.