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I've had my gastric band almost three years now and it has, for the most part been a success, I'm down 100lbs but it's been very slow progress- I'm okay with that, slow and steady.... I've had one experience of having my band tightened too much which was just as horrific as others have described on this site but what I am experiencing at the moment has me a little baffled. Basically I got my band tightened three weeks ago which beings me up to 6.25cc in my band, when I had my incident of being too tight I was at 6.5cc. So from Wednesday of this week (after three weeks of the band being tightened) the following starts happening; When I go to bed and lie down my stomach starts gurgling uncontrollably and constantly, and I'm burping the whole time.... really, it's constant... When I eventually manage to get to sleep I wake up suddenly with a small amount of bile in the back of my throat which i have to cough up to clear... I have tried drinking peppermint tea and taking some motilium which does reduce the gurgling/ burping aspects but I don't want to be a slave to this routine. Also during the day I have uncontrollable gurgles which just literally come out of no where... Oh and on Thursday I had a cup of hot tea and a glass of Water which I couldn't keep down, I threw them both up about 5 mins after I drank them. I will admit that my emotions do influence my band...if you can believe that!! I.e. If I'm upset or tense my band gets tighter ...bit I haven't had any emotional moments this week...apart from the fact that I can't slep because of the bile and gurgling. Anybody have any clue what is going on with my band? All suggestions welcome!! Sara

Hi there- I am also glad to have found this thread... I was banded in June 2009 and although I have managed to lose 65lbs since then...I've still another 60 to go....and haven't been able to lose weight for a number of months now. I should be happy that I have't managed to gain weight but I have been feeling like a failure but the truth of it all is that I am a food addict. I also have PCOS and eating carbohydrates seems to lead to sugar binges for me...and ends up with me choosing the easier band options i.e. chocolate and ice-cream (easy slider foods!) I did low carb a number of years ago and lost 90lbs and my cravings for all things sweet were fairly under control...and my PCOS symptoms had calmed down alot...and my TOM was regular as clockwork. I'm on day two of my low carb regime...ketostix were purchased last night so It's full steam ahead for the rest of the year. I'm tyurning thirty on August 25th and I am determined that I will not be fat for my 30th. I've already been working out regularly since the start of January and am doing my first 5K run tomorrow...Please god the excercise combined with this new low card regime will produce some results. Yours in low carb.... Sara