AngieM

Thanks. I plan to do that but I also like to "go in" kinda educated if I can. Thanks again for your reply. I wonder if It is just a fill problem then or maybe a dilation? At anyrate I am making my appointment tomorrow.

What does it feel like and what are the symptoms? Sometimes my stomach will feel a burning sensation. Even when I havn't eaten in a while. I also wonder if it is esoph spasims. If you have had these problems please let me know the symptoms and the fix. Thanks so much!

I had the same problem. The doc took out .25 of a fill and I did liqids for 4 days. Now things are fine.

Thanks for being so willing to share. I am almost there too. Are you self pay or will your ins. cover? Do you know how much it will cost you?

Wow I just posted about the same thing! I would hate to get an unfill b/c the weight loss is still soooo slow or none! I am a little over 1.5 out too. Seems we have a few things in common. I am 30 years old and I am now at a weight of 225. I started out at 360 though. Do you have days where you feel like you cant get enough to eat and others to tight for a protien shake? Just last week I had about 2 slices of pizza but now I am afraid to eat/drink just about anything!

This is something I have always struggled with it seems. I have been refluxing at night and last night it was really bad. It seems I sucked some into my lungs and now I have tightness in my chest. Is this a symptom of a problem like dialation or what? I don't know if I am too tight or not tight enough. Sometimes I can get full on 2 chicken nuggets other times I can eat a whole 6 piece! Don't know what to do for sure. There are days I just can not get full and I want a fill really bad but others I feel like I am tight even with liquids. Does anyone else have this problem? Does this sound like a slip or dialaition or somthing like that?

At first yes, you do have to over do it. Then later on you learn how to take a full bite and make it last 5 min! You will loosen up a little after a while too. Don't worry it will become second nature and you won't have to work at it so hard. As for still eating dinner from last night... I eat one dinner for about a week!

You should tell your doc exatly what you want. They after all do work for you. Please keep us updated. I am about 18 months out and find myself slipping into the same patterns as you have. You are SOOO not alone. We hare here to help eachother not judge. Thanks for posting! Let me know how things go for you...

I never could figure out how much restriction was enough till I was overfilled one time. Then I knew how much I wanted to be filled. It is just a trial and error thing.

I Had that problem too. And I R E F U S E D to let anyone else do it. What I did was... I took a pair of kitchen tongs (bought them for this project never use them in the kitchen ofcourse) Then I bent them slightly. They reach perfectly. The only problem was the paper kept slipping off the ends. To solve that problem I took a pair of gloves that they had there in the hospital room and I wrapped the ends like rubber bands then washed off the powder. That worked perfectly. I have had some other family members ask to borrow them as they have had various types of surgery. They just get a new pair of gloves and wash them of course. I hope this works for you. I am sure they make something like that in the buisness but I never found them and if they do I am sure they cost more than one dollar!

Do you still have your gall bladder? That is how my attacks started. Maybe the chili set you off. But if you keep getting the pain I would contact your doc as soon as you can about it.

Thank you. Now I will kind of know what to expect. I am calling the Doc tomorrow to find out what he thinks. I feel better going into this more informed.

Has anyone had a dialated pouch or esoph? What were your symptoms? I can eat way more than I should and more than I used to be able to. How do you know the difference between just needing a fill or haveing a stretched pouch. I sometimes eat a couple bites past full but not to the point of PBing. I don't have reflux or any other symptoms. Thanks!

Make sense to me!

So you think that maybe the band loosens like a belt around the stomach? That is something I have been thinking about. Also after this long maybe some of the saline is gone? I remember my last fill there was a little less in there than what he put in last time.