I am 18 months post op. I have lost 140 pounds so far . I have 4ccs in my 14cc band. I have always been able to eat or drink most everything since my banding. (Just very small portions and MUCH chewing) However, since my last fill in November, I have been VERY restricted. Many times I can not eat solid food at all without it coming back up. When I DO eat solid food, I can not get water to go down even 8 hours after I eat . Milk on the other hand will go down at any time before or after I eat. Same thing with cheese. It has come to the point where I am baisically living on milk and cheese alone. Problem is, even though I am only eating like 3 slices of cheese per day, I am drinking 3/4 a gallon of whole milk each day (2400 calories per gallon :eek:). For some reason 1% & skim are like water to my band and will NOT go through. They come right back up. Has anyone else experienced this? I have never gained a single pound between fills since my surgery, but now I am feeling my jeans starting to get tight. (I do not weigh myself between fills, I dont even own a scale) I do NOT want to start gaining when I am within 50 pounds of my goal weight. Have any of you experienced this?? Is it possible that my band is OVER filled?? I am going to see my surgeon next week for my next fill. I would like to be able to eat normal food again. All replies are appreciated. Thanks

I do think you are definitely over filled. I think its a very good thing you are going in to see the doc next week. I have a friend to tries to be really aggressive with her fills, and then gets stuck like this and can't eat... always has to have some removed.

Good luck!

i had a good fill in december. went three weeks on protein drinks could not drink water at all always got stuck. still have a problem with water getting stuck. its so weird. i can drink juice, milk, tea anything but water. i dont think i am too tight because i can eat food. i can only have tiny sips of water. i guess the water is too thick. hahahahaha

Goodness! I would drink lots of decaffienated tea then! You might get dehydrated!

It is very weird, I have never heard of this before... I would be interested in what the doc says about it... I am always looking to learn things!

I think too tight, the nurse who does my fill also has a band and she says too tight is worse than too loose. If it were me I would have a .5 unfill.