Fellow Bander in the hospital
I have a friend who had the surgery with Dr. Toder a few months ago. About a month ago she had bronchitis and coughed for a long time...they thought part of her stomach worked up thru the band so they took all the saline out hoping it would work back down. It didn't ...she still can't swallow. She's in EMMC right now. They couldn't do an upper GI cause she couldn't swallow enough of the liquid. She might have to undergo exploratory surgery tomorrow. Please say a prayer for her. She isn't on this board cause she doesn't go online alot but she definitely needs our prayers. She is really concerned that they are gonna tell her she needs to have the band removed. (among other obvious worries as to the cause of all this)