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Runny Nose! This is gross but I don't think your sinuses can drain the "normal" way when it is packed with food so it takes the next exit :-) Seems like I am always looking for a tissue. Also get the left shoulder pain when I get too hungry.

I know how you feel. I had my 4th fill about two weeks ago. It has been really tight. Tight to the point that I wake up in the middle of the night because I have liquid (saliva, I suppose) gurgling in my throat and it feels like I am choking. Last night I finally got some solid food to go through and stay down but then today I couldn't eat anything again til about 5ish. Liquid goes down for the most part but I am getting hungry. I am trying to ride it out til my next appointment in a few weeks but I don't know...

It really can be a rollercoaster. I just had a .5 fill yesterday. On one hand, I had really been dreading it because the last fill I had made me painfully tight, but on the other hand I was experiencing alot of hunger between meals. So far, this fill hasn't been quite as painful as my last one. After that fill, water was painful going down but I stuck it out and eventually my stomach settled down. I think I am just one that my stomach can't handle major fills, because once it settled there were times I felt like I didn't have much restriction at all.

Hi I'm a fellow GF patient. Had my surgery with Dr. Debeltz. No complications but I have noticed at times that I have general discomfort in the left abdominal area. Seems like having this stuff inside makes you wonder if various aches and pains are related to it or not. Good thing you've been following up with it and were able to have the procedure to fix it.

I was on Pinterest last night (not a member, just browsing). Anyway, I have never been one to browse around for new recipes to try but it seemed like it was all the food posts that jumped out at me. Yes, we all had this surgery to lose weight, get healthy and fit. But it takes awhile for the mind to catch up to the fact that our relationship with food has been drastically changed, that maybe talking about it helps some to cope with that fact.

And that's what I have been working on - chewing and slowing down. But after this fill for the most part I've been sticking to mushies and those even hurt going down. Last night water seemed to be not as painful so maybe my stomach is settling a bit. And I think I may be one of the overly sensative types. After surgery it took me all of three weeks to feel better. Lot of nausea and throwing up in those first weeks.

Because of scheduling conflicts, my first fill was two months after surgery and second fill was one month after that.

My first fill was 1.5 cc. My doctor said they do conservative fill amounts. First fill was a breeze. Took a day for things to settle down as far as eating solids. I am a few days past my second fill and this one hasn't been so easy. I may be a little too tight but am hoping things may settle in a few more days. I am seeing my doctor sooner this month so I am hoping to ride it out til I see her. But if it stays like I am now I may need a bit of an un-fill.

Since banding my gut has been extremely noisy. After a meal if my family is in a room with me they all look at me like "what is going ON in your gut???"

And I am beginning to think that I may be too tight also. I am going to try to ride it out til my next appointment. My fill doc is 2 1/2 hours away and I am seeing her sooner this month because of some other appointments I have there. So when they did an unfill, would you say you entered the green zone?

Thanks for your replies. What I find confusing about the whole banded thing is, you have a pouch above your stomach. Theoretically food should make it's way to the pouch fine. If you're going to have problems it should be when the food is trying to get through the band. But it seems like after this last fill, as soon as I swallow, even water, I get pain running down my upper back. It does get through, eventually.

Hi, Haven't posted before. Been banded since Jan 23, 2012. I have lost 30 pounds and haven't felt like I am on a "diet" for the most part. However, just got my second fill 4 days ago. I do know that it takes awhile for the stomach to "settle" after a fill. But even trying to get yogurt down hurts. The food does go through, so I don't think it's an overfill issue, but it is painful to eat. Anyone who has entered the magical "green zone", does it hurt to eat? I get a pain in my back while food is making it's way down. Even not being in the green zone I don't think I could overeat if I tried, but frankly if this is the green zone, I don't think I like it....