Hi guys and gals,

I was wondering have any of you found that being stressed or anxious or upset can affect the tightness of your band?

I was at work today and the crapppla hit the fan and I ended up being thrown into the HUGE porject which totally ticked off the girl i work with -- so needless to say i was anxious and a little on edge all day -

when lunch time came i found i couldnt get a thing down, not even the pear fruit cup.. was so wishing i had brought a yogurt with me today -

The reason i ask it was am scheduled for a fill on the 4th and was going to ask for a small fill .5 or less but after today i am trying to figure out if i should or not...

dinner went down fine btw - some fish, a little salad and a couple bites of mashed sweet potatoes.

Yes stress does affect the tightness of my band. I was do for a fill in october and I lost my dad to suicide right before I was to get the fill. I couldn't really eat for 2 weeks. Just lived on protein shakes. I asked my Dr. about this and he said there are no studies to show stress has this affect but he hears about this problem from many patients. Thinks it may have more to do with us not drinking enough when we are stressed and become dehydrated. Dehydration is proven to make the band tighter. I have paid attention to this ever since and have noticed when I get stressed the band does get tighter even if I make an effort to drink more water.