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Ive been banded for 4 years. My surgeon told me to drink a can of coke really fast, skull it. The gas will expand your belly and the blockage will either pass through or you will bring it up. Must be full fat coke, not diet or zero. It was the most painful feeling after drinking almost the whole can, dont be scared that your having a heart attack like I did. Immediately after I did a huge burp and could feel it go down. Be close to the toilet or basin because it could all come back up very quickly.