Gill27UK

Yep, thrown up about 6 times since yesterday morning. I get a mouthful of phlegmy mucus that I can't seem to swallow (I try to spit it out as much as poss but I'm a teacher so it's not always convenient). Since yesterday morning I've only eaten a cupa soup and half a small bag of cheesey air type chips (in the Uk we call them Quavers -that melt into nothing) I tried some hot water last night but threw that up about 2 hours later as it was still there!

Please can anyone let me know the signs of a band over fill? I had on 48 hours ago and am struggling. I've had 5 fills before but this seems especially tight.

I had my band 10 months ago (April 08) and have only lost 15lbs so far- ALL 15 have been since the 5th Jan 09 !! I had my 4th fill and am not at 7ml in a 10ml band. It was really tight for a week and then slackened off slightly so I could eat and drink without burping anything up. Don't get down, try all the advice that's been posted and you will succeed. :-) Gill x

I had my 4th fill on monday evening and had 1ml more (1cc) put in my 10ml band. I now have 7ml in there as 6ml gave me hardly any restriction. (I could eat anything with a glass of water). I was quite tight when drinking the Water at the clinic whilst he was adjusting the Fluid in it. I know that the tightness wears off a week or so after the fill so wanted it noticably tighter to begin with. Eek, now I think I'm too tight and to top it off, I think I'm getting a cold too so that will make it tighter anyway! I only managed a teeny amount on tuesday. Half a scrambled egg in the evening and I couldn't even drink water til 3pm. Today I forced half a cup of tea down this morning but it was cold by the time I got half way. And have managed a small amount of mashed potato and some baked Beans for lunch and a bit more 2 hours later. I am producing a load of sticky mucus instead of saliva and have twice had to spit this out after eating.:thumbup: Please help, does this sound normal and that my fill will relax a bit in the next couple of weeks? Or, do you think it is too tight?:thumbs_up: HELP! Gill, uk

Pixel, I am feeling the same as you did when yous tarted the thread. I think it's too tight but I'll persevere for a few more days as I think it may be just swelling. Gill x

I say I prefer vegetarian options because it's usually something with veg and cheese that you can mash.

The burps feel amazing! Like a balloon deflating! i sound like a drain pipe :-) Teehee.

Thanks for the advice. I know I'm healing and still do love my band but It was just a bit deflating. Gill x

Luscious- how much did you lose post band (not incl pre op diet?) ? I'm trying to increase my calories and Protein now! Thanks for advice Gill xx

Is this normal? I haven't even budged half a pound in this last week and have been banded 2 weeks today. I'm eating around 500 calories a day by having soft stuff and Soups etc. Is my body thinking i'm starving? Do I need to eat more? Will my weight loss kick in soon? I was delighted with my 10lb in my 1st week but to lose nothing since then is quite disheartening. Any professionals out there that can suggest something? Or even non professionals for that matter!! Thanks, Gill x :rolleyes2:

I was banded 10 days ago and am allowed soft mushie food. I am definately not over eating as am having really small amounts but after a few bites and chewing really slowly, making a 'soupy mush' in my mouth, I get a stabbing achy pain in my back, right between my shoulder blades. This has happened three times now. Either I've pulled a muscle (but as a massage therapist, it just doesn't feel like I have....) or it's my bodies way of saying "ok, enough food now. Stop." I hope it's the latter as this comes within 5-10 mins of eating. I'm only eating around half- two thirds of an egg type amount. Does anyone else get this? Perhaps I've just hurt my back and it's still stiff after being in hospital (but I don't feel stiff!) Lost 10lbs in a week, but no more for the last 4 days. Hope this is normal too! Happy Banding :blushing: Gill :scared2:

Also, The whole 'canned chicken' idea. Is it really that good? Does it beat normal chicken just because it's already minced and squished into a can? i'll buy some and try it.... I used to think canned meats were really fatty so maybe they're changed? Or maybe you have yummy ones in the States and we have the yucky ones. Oh, well, will get some anyway! Gill x

Could someone kindly post the ingredients of this wonderful sounding dip on this thread as I'm in the UK and we don't have it over here ;-( So I'll make my own version... I'm sure it's not rocket science but I'd love to know the 'secret' ingredients that make so many of you rave about it! I'm guessing Spinach is one of them..... just a hunch :-p

Who? Me? Banded Friday April 11th- day 8 and 10lbs down :-) Lovin' it

I drove this morning as I had a knee appointment (from a reconstruction I had in October due to a fight with a tree whilst skiing a year ago) I had my band on friday 11th. So 5 days I waited. I'm quite lucky as I don't have much pain from the wounds, I only have little sticky steri-strips over my incisions which are being changed on friday by the local nurse in my GP surgery. I can even lay and sleep on my front and both sides. However, Karma is a bitch as my gas pain is TERRIBLE. I was almost in tears this morning as I walked to my knee appointment. I winced as I undressed, I winced as I sat on the bed, I winced as I sat in the car again. It felt like my womb and intestines were being ripped out of my belly :confused:. I wondered if it was period pain, but alas no, that would be easier to come to terms with, i.e. take some pain killers and it'll ease. I went to the supermarket and bought peppermint tea, ginger tea and a wind-ease type antacidy thing. I used double the teabags and made 2 cups (yuk). I then sat forward across a beanbag on my tummy to try and coax the air upwards (and hopefully outwards!!) No luck. So then I thought about all your lovely advice on these forums to 'walk, walk, walk'- So I did. Indoors. From living room bay windows, across the room, through the hall, through the kitchen and into the dining room, around the big dining table and out of the kitchen back into the hall and back to the windows in the living room. I soon had my cat following me back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. I must've made around 12 round trips across my house. Even the cat ended up sitting in the hall waiting for me to appear from the kitchen, and then from the living room, then from the kitchen again.... I hope none of the neighbours saw through the windows! So, any more ideas as nothing seems to work ?(not even a number 2:rolleyes:) And gas-x strips are not available in the uk and I don't want to see if EBay have them as I need relief now! Gill x x x P.S. lost 5lbs since Friday :-)