ShereeKim

hi everyone - thanks for all the information you've posted. I am not sure if anyone can help with this but I'll give it a go, I'm having terrible problems keeping any meat, poultry or fish down, it feels horribly painful and in the end I vomit (sorry to be gross). My question is this - how long does it take you to eat, say 2-3oz of tuna, I tried chewing and chewing and waiting 30 seconds for my next mouthful but maybe I need to be waiting much longer, say 5 minutes between each mouthful. One thing I did notice was that drinking a hot cup of tea sometimes helped. I have lost almost 100lbs since being banded last August and now I'm stuck and I still have about 50lbs to go and low carbing I think is the only way I'm going to get it shifted. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Shereekim

hi everyone Thank you so much for the respnses to my post. I have now been back to the hospital and had an unfil of 1.2 and I can't tell you how much better I feel! I think some people cope ok with a tight band but I just felt terrible eating absolute rubbish as I couldn't get anything decent down. I was also experiencing this sensation in my chest that travelled up to my throat and my GP suggested it was because the band was too tight and pressing against a nerve (he gave me the name but I can't remember what it was) since the unfill that sensation has gone too. Now I can eat well e.g yesterday I had a small amount of brown rice with a tiny amount of chopped steak for breakfast/lunch, later in the afternoon I had a large slice of quiche and for dinner I ate a tuna and egg salad - no snacks or cravings. I was banded last August and have lost 70lbs! I know we're all different and for me I would rather lose weight slowly from now on - (the band is for life after all) than lose weight fast but just by eating nutritionally low value foods. I think the needs of our group are very different to those that are younger - and I want to thank those that set up this spot for us. Have a lovely day. Shereekim (in a surprisingly warm spot in the south of England)

hi thanks for your responses, I do believe i'm too tight, I just couldnt eat a cup full of "decent" food - there isn't a chance i could get any protein down let alone veg, even if i eat really sloooooowwww and chew everything i still get the dreaded slime or the sentation that i have eaten a handful of grit - it's horrible. My nurse, although she has never had a weight problem in her life thinks she knows it all - so I'm going to get into a battle with her about getting an unfil, but I cannot go on like this, I am even finding it difficult to tolerate liquids, if i drink a small glass of water the restriction feels really tight and it's very difficult to get the water or fluid down. Shereekim

hi I'm not even sure if I am using this forum correctly, I suspect this should have been a new thread but I can't find that button, so here's hoping someone will pick this up and respond to me as things are pretty desperate with me. I was banded last August and have been filled to 5.9 now (last fill was about 0.2 last Wednesday). I have read that it is recommended that we eat 3 meals per day and in various postings that people can eat things like chicken/tuna salad - my question is this - do you think I need an unfill as there is no way I could eat suffient food to keep me going on just 3 meals per day, I can only ever get in two teaspoons (10 mls) of food and then an hour or so later I'm hungry again and there is no way I could manage a chicken or tuna salad - which I crave! Do you think I should go for an unfill say to 5ml so that I could manage 3 meals per day - sorry if all this seems a bit jumbled but I feel so isolated and confused about what I should and shouldn't be eating. The only thing I feel safe eating is crackers and cheese - and sweet biscuits, I'm sure that can't be right? ShereeKim

hi I'm not even sure if I am using this forum correctly, I suspect this should have been a new thread but I can't find that button, so here's hoping someone will pick this up and respond to me as things are pretty desperate with me. I was banded last August and have been filled to 5.9 now (last fill was about 0.2 last Wednesday). I have read that it is recommended that we eat 3 meals per day and in various postings that people can eat things like chicken/tuna salad - my question is this - do you think I need an unfill as there is no way I could eat suffient food to keep me going on just 3 meals per day, I can only ever get in two teaspoons (10 mls) of food and then an hour or so later I'm hungry again and there is no way I could manage a chicken or tuna salad - which I crave! Do you think I should go for an unfill say to 5ml so that I could manage 3 meals per day - sorry if all this seems a bit jumbled but I feel so isolated and confused about what I should and shouldn't be eating. The only thing I feel safe eating is crackers and cheese - and sweet biscuits, I'm sure that can't be right? ShereeKim