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Wow... I haven't posted here in a while. I was banded back in Dec. and they had over filled me to the point I became severely dehydrated, couldn't get down more than 4oz of water a day and was having this really bad pressure over the left side of my face. Had all test run, came back normal except for dehydration so they took ALL of my fill OUT. Last month I tried to get the fill put back in but the nurse said NO since I still couldn't keep down a lot of foods, esp. meats. Well, now it's March, I've now STOP counting calories and pretty much am eating like crazy. I still can't eat a lot of different meats, but I CAN eat plenty of speghetti which I eat almost daily. I've gain 10 pounds, it almost feels like I'm back to life how it was before the band in a way.... though I still vomit breads, thick pieces of meat, like chicken breast, chicken nuggets etc - I can sure get the junk food down (potato chips) I'm worry they still won't get me a fill because I'm still having the pressure on the left side of my face, not as severe but it's still there many days. I'm STARVING all the time, nothing satisfies me.

Wow, how in the world did your port flip? They took my fill out to because of dehydration problems so I feel ya... I can't wait to get a fill too. I feel so far behind the "Dec" group as far as loosing weight goes. Can't wait to get back on track.

Feeling a little bit discouraged. Was banded 12/14 I think it was... 5cc's were put in making me only be able to drink 4oz of water a day, I became severely dehydrated having pressure/pain on my left side of my head, they removed ALL of my fill so I could get water in, pain finally went away once I could get more water in but here I am now... called to see if I could get a fill because I am feeling hungry more often through out the day, however the nurse said they are not going to give me a fill until I can start keeping food down. I get sick weekly, (almost daily) it doesn't make sense. I ate a chicken thigh from KFC, it went down fine - the next week I got a grilled chicken breast from KFC and I couldn't keep it down. Yesterday I took a thin sliver of lunch meat ham, it came back up. I do well with soups, green beans, mash potatoes and believe this... even spegetti (which I thought we couldn't eat, but I've tried it and that stays down) but almost everything else comes back up. I'm chewing like crazy, I'm eating slow. To not even have a fill in me, it's weird that I'm getting sick on many foods though. This is really starting to get to me and make me sad.

For me it wasn't a big secret. I'm not ashamed that I needed a "tool" to be able to help me loose weight. Sure, you have those who against it, but surprisingly I've had a few friends who are interested in it and I would have never known that if I hadn't shared my experience.

Thanks Cheri. I'll have to ask my doctor about that!

I had a very negative exp. when my doctor over filled me and I became sereverly dehydrated. I don't regret getting my band, but sometimes things can go wrong. I know I would want to hear the good and bad to make a wise decision before changing my life.

What's a fluro? I do okay getting down Soups, chili, mash potatoes, green Beans but almost everything else comes back up as well.

All test for me came back NORMAL the only thing wrong was I was severely dehydrated. I've noticed now (weeks later) the pain is almost completely gone thank God!!

Wow Atl-Jen, someone who finally had the same problems as me... but I don't have a answer for you, every test they ran, blood, xray, cat scan - it all came back NORMAL. I'm convince it still has something to do w/ surgery but the doc didn't have a clue, says maybe it's sinus even though my sinus test came back normal too and I've never had sinus problems before. I'm thinking it's swelling pushing on a nerve or something... I've notice since my swelling as gone down the pain is not as bad so prayerfully it will go away completely once all my swelling is gone. I will keep you in pray Jen-Alt, I feel for you. Please talk to your doctor - weird 2 people having same thing happen both w/ lap band on same day at that!

Hi Brent! I truly don't believe this is sinus related. They just can't find anything else and since I live in Cincinnati they are blaming it on sinus. But I will try that and see if it helps. Thanks for posting!

I just had a unfill after getting surgery in Dec. they haven't put anything back in yet but no I don't have any weird stomach feelings going on.