mdgirl

Thank you so much! That makes a lot of sense. I usually do eat according to my band patterns. I have a hot drink 1st thing in the morning and a protein shake for breakfast. I am trying to eat following more of a paleo lifestyle, which frowns on anything processed, and that is why I tried the eggs. But lesson learned. I usually don't have a problem with straws, in fact, they help me drink more and get in my daily requirement. I appreciate the scientific explanation, it helps me to better understand my body's reaction.

I have had a strange occurrence happen twice in the past week. The first time it happened, I was eating scrambled eggs with sautéed onions. I was having difficulty getting this food down because my band is always VERY tight for my first meal of the day. Then I started feeling pain on the roof of my mouth and when I touched it with my tongue, the roof was swollen and tender. This happened instantly. I thought I was having an allergic reactions because the onion was on its last leg so I stopped eating. Then the swelling went down and the pain went away. I never thought any else of it. WELL, I just drank some Water and I used a straw so some air went down too and it took some time for the air buddies to surface and the water to go down. The pain/swelling in the roof of my mouth just happened again! And it went away as soon as the water went down. I have had my band for over a year now and this has NEVER happened. I have an appointment next week but I was just curious if anyone else has experienced this or has any more information.

It is productive burping ... so using burps or burping-type movement to move food or in my case slime that is stuck back up your esophagus. It is not the same as throwing up. This is bringing up food that has not entered your stomach. Throwing up would be bringing food out of the stomach and back through the band, that can be dangerous. But like others have said, PBing too much will stretch things out.

Thank you everyone! This morning I had tea and an hour later my protein shake. All wet well and I was able to eat solids with no problem or the other meals.

I have flown a lot, somewhere around 15 flights since being banded in Oct last year. You will have no problems with the band as far as security is concerned. I actually had to get an MRI a couple months after being banded and I called my surgeon to check to see if there was anything metal. They said with the band I have, there is a small amount of metal but it is not magnetic. I successfully had the MRI and the band was so ripped out of me, lol. As for getting tight after flying, my surgeon warned me about this but I never feel any difference. Since it is possible to get tighter from the pressure, my surgeon refuses to do a fill too close to flying. You don't want to end up making it too tight and you are now far away.

I feel I am finally in the green zone also. It took awhile, I had my surgery at the end of Oct and the green zone feeling came in early July. I also have problems eating in the morning and it seems this is common. In fact I just posted about "morning slime." The only time I get stuck is if I eat solids as my first meal. I usually have a Protein shake. If you want to eat solids, some people suggested starting with a hot drink a half hour before to wake up your band for day. You have done great with weight loss, but having to PB is not fun.

I was told 30 min before and after and don't drink during meal. The reasoning I was given is that you want time before the meal because the liquid will still be in your pouch and cause the food you eat to swell and make eating difficult. For not drinking during or with in 30 min after, that is because it will cause the food to push through faster and you may eat too much. That all said, like most, I don't follow that 100%. I wait 10-15 before and after meals. I typically don't drink during because for me, the liquid actually makes the food get stuck. I don't have to wait before but I definitely have to wait a few minutes after or else the liquid will come back up.

Anything solid. I can feel it get stuck and it only takes me a couple minutes at most until I have to PB. And when I do it is a significant amount of slime. So much that I don't see how it is possible that my stomach produced that much in a short amount of time. I have been dealing with slime in general for awhile now but the large amount every morning is new. I was just wondering if anyone else experienced this. From some things I have read, it seems possible that the restriction from the band overnight causes the body to produce slime while sleeping and it is built up and cause the first meal to get stuck. I can live with Protein shakes for breakfast but it makes going out for breakfast difficult. I am going to try the hot drink since that seems to help people. I am sure taking some fill out would help, but I don't want to do it. Also, has anyone else experienced their restriction changing from day to day? Some days I feel like I can eat anything and other days I struggle to keep solids down.

I was having a lot of trouble getting to a point where I actually noticed any restriction with my band. It took a good 6 months of fills for me to feel I was restricted in what I was eating. All of that was frustrating in its self because weight loss was slow but I know this is a marathon, not a sprint. So I am happy as long as weight is coming off, even if it is slow. Now that I can feel restriction, I am experiencing some problems. When I eat my first meal every morning, I am having a lot of difficulty getting food down. After a couple bites, I get the stuck feeling and I PB A LOT of slime with the couple of bites. This only happens with my first meal every day. It is easier to deal with when I am home, although not fun, but I eat Breakfast at work most days and I am restricted to Protein shakes. It has become very annoying. Has anyone experienced this? I read one suggestion of having a hot drink because the body might be producing the slime while sleeping and is acting as a plug when first eating.