I've had some unusual tightening in my throat over the past few weeks. It is right at my adams apple. It just feels like my throat is tight. Weird huh? I can eat and drink just fine, no PBing or anything.
I called my MD and he scheduled a barium swallow test to check my esophagus out. The more I thought about it, the more freaked out I became. I went through lots of "what if?" scenarios in my head - a band slip, esophageal dilation, throat cancer, on and on. In my panic, many of these scenarios resulted in my band having to be removed. I decided that next to having a loved one die, having my band removed is one of the worst things that could happen to me.
Well I waited on the results all day and none came. I called the MD early the next morning, as i had previously scheduled a band adjustment for later in the afternoon. The MD said their didn't appear to be anything wrong with my band and we could go ahead with the adjustment.
We did. He looked at it good, and even let me see it. All is well. He added .2 cc's. That means I have 8.2 cc's in a 10 cc. band. I only have about 20 lbs to go.
I still do not have an explanation for the tightness in my throat. It is getting better though. My MD says it could be from stress. Who knows.
I guess I could call this my first complication. If this is as bad as it gets, I am blessed.
Marc
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I'm glad it wasn't anything serious. I know what you mean about being afraid of having the band removed. I have nightmares where I am stuffing myself at a buffet and then being in the hospital and everyone is shaking their heads, telling me I "broke" it and it had to come out.
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