Had a fill the week before Thanksgiving and am having troubles. No matter what I eat, (tiny bites and lots of chewing), I have to immediately go throw up. (Sorry to be gross here) But what comes up is not the food. It's a LOT of mucus! It just keeps coming. I don't know if that's an indication that the fill is too tight or if this is normal. It's very thick like slime and then when I think I've gotten it all out, more comes. Anyone else ever experience this? Thanks!

It means you are too tight - you need to get some fill taken out.

Had a fill the week before Thanksgiving and am having troubles. No matter what I eat, (tiny bites and lots of chewing), I have to immediately go throw up. (Sorry to be gross here) But what comes up is not the food. It's a LOT of mucus! It just keeps coming. I don't know if that's an indication that the fill is too tight or if this is normal. It's very thick like slime and then when I think I've gotten it all out, more comes. Anyone else ever experience this? Thanks!

It does seem to me like ur band may be too tight, I had the same problem with my last fill. I choose to wait it out as long as u dont mind being on liquids and very mushy foods for a while.Its not good to throw up so keep it easy as of for me with time as I lose weight my band looses and now im on my sweet spot. Just remember to drink Water and ur Protein and of course ur Vitamins....But do remember I was not throwing up food only mucus and remember u and ur doctor know best ....wishing u lots of luck.

Had a fill the week before Thanksgiving and am having troubles. No matter what I eat, (tiny bites and lots of chewing), I have to immediately go throw up. (Sorry to be gross here) But what comes up is not the food. It's a LOT of mucus! It just keeps coming. I don't know if that's an indication that the fill is too tight or if this is normal. It's very thick like slime and then when I think I've gotten it all out, more comes. Anyone else ever experience this? Thanks!

finally someone else....yes and my doc said take claritin/zyertec and or mucenix(spelling bad)doesnt work...after first bite or drink i call it purging..it is like a slime plug that must go..and it is every single day.and it doesnt matter if hot or cold solid or liquid....i have adjusted the band back and forth and it doesnt matter...but it is making the weight come off...good or bad?please let me know if you find the cure!!!! glenna

I have this also but I have found instead of purging it, just wait it out. It hurts like hell but you can feel it move. It seems to be much better for me if I let it pass after I take a bite or drink of something. If I purge it, it just seems to make things worse.

Thank you all for the posts for me to read. I have had the band surgery in Aug, 2009 and I am still having mucous issues. I need to purge as soon as I eat, doesn't matter if hot or cold. I was wondeing if anyone has had this problem in relation to stress placing your stomach in knots. Usually when I'm stressed (al the time) I can not eat, but relaxed I can. lately, I haven't been able to at all. Does going back on a liquid diet help in swallowing a gain? I had a fill back in Jan of 2010, over a year ago. Is this common.

I also have had the band several years and have not had a fill since 8 months ago. I do have to Purge a mucus substance after I eat. It seems to be better later during in the day but no matter what I eat I Purge the mucus substance. I also told a friend of mine it is like I am throwing up all my saliva that I have swallowed. I want to wait it out until I lose another 20 lbs before I go back to the Dr. I have been stuck at a platue of 155-158 for the past 6 months. I am only 20lbs from my goal and it is killing me being this close but yet that far away. But no you are not alone in this wierd reaction our body is doing everytime we eat. Good luck. I am kinda relieved because I thought it was only happening to me. [email=Hartsdream@aol.com.

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Thank you all for the posts for me to read. I have had the band surgery in Aug, 2009 and I am still having mucous issues. I need to purge as soon as I eat, doesn't matter if hot or cold. I was wondeing if anyone has had this problem in relation to stress placing your stomach in knots. Usually when I'm stressed (al the time) I can not eat, but relaxed I can. lately, I haven't been able to at all. Does going back on a liquid diet help in swallowing a gain? I had a fill back in Jan of 2010, over a year ago. Is this common.

I have/had this problem and I finally went to the doctor and found out my band had slipped and have to have surgery to correct. I would say if you are consistently throwing up, there is a problem. I understand not wanting to get Fluid removed from your band, but I have 3 times now. And I typically lose weight after having fluid removed b/c I am able to make smarter food choices. When I am so tight that I throw up all the time, I tend to eat foods that I know wont get stuck...which are slider foods and not healthy.

Be careful! I wish I had made better decisions and gone to the doc at the first sign of an issue rather than putting it off and telling myself that I just ate too fast or didn't chew well enough...I might have been able to avoid the band slipping.

Wow, I actually had an "unfill" and now I vomit the slimes....even when I drink water....not sure what is going on.....but glad to know, I'm not alone...

Your Dr. told you to take an antihistimine for the mucus production, or mucinex? Really.... Your band is too tight, it is because of this you are producing the mucus...

I am having a Slime issue. It is terrible, but it does seem worse when I am stressed out. And it does not happen all the time but when it does it is awful. It does not matter how fine I chew my food, it will not pass. But it seems like the only thing that comes up is the slime. I am losing weight. I have a doctors appointment in two weeks I will ask him if it means I am too tight or if somehting else is going on. I have had this problem off and on since getting my band in August but this is the longest I remember it lasting.

The same thing happened to me. Spoke to the doctor and he prescribed medicine for an inflammed esophagus. He said it was stress related. I just started the medicine so I will let you know if it works.

Have any of your doctors mentioned inflammed esophagus as a possible cause?

I think a lot of it is stress related. My life has calmed down and I have been able to eat normally for about 3-days now. No more slime... It is weird how that works.

Ive been having the same issue lately too... its been going on for about a month and a half... heading to the doc tomorrow.. hoping that its nothing serious... really hoping that a bit of an unfill helps relieve some of the sliming issues...

I haven't had a fill since December 2011. All was going along nicely except a little acid reflux. All of a sudden about 3 months ago I started the sliming. I am so glad to see that I am not alone. I was beginning to think I has stomach cancer and was very upset. Thanks for all the good information.

Happy to have found this thread...so here's whats going on with me:

I had my band placed July 31, 2012. I was DESPERATELY ill for the first 10 days...the surgeon did not add any Fluid to the band when he placed it, but with the issues I was having - severe nausea, headache, could not drink or eat anything of nutritional value - he took fluid out.

So that fluid-removal set me "back" a little from what I should have started. Still, I lost weight.

I've had a couple fills, and TWO removals, but gained about 5 lbs in the midst of that.

Had another fill last Monday, and Doc said it was only about 1/2cc b/c I am so sensitive to the fills...I followed the rules to the T, and finally tried hard-solids on Friday in the form of a Clif Builder Protein bar. I had no issues.

That evening, I went to Taco Bell w/ my family and chose a Mexican pizza - THIN crispy 'crust', soft ref Beans and gr beef. I could not eat but about 3 TINY bites and it all came back up, GUSHING.

When I went to bed - after staying up LATE to make sure things were settled down, I could not lay on either side because of choking on all kinds of phlegm...literally. It woke me up choking and coughing. I finally propped myself up and slept on my back and did rest.

I felt awful all day Saturday, all day yesterday and today isn't looking too good either. I am having caffeine withdrawal because I am afraid to even try a Diet Coke (which I am addicted to), so I've been 36 hrs w/o caffeine. I'm afraid to take a Tylenol for fear of not being able to keep it down.

I fixed a Protein shake this morning (milk and protein pdr) and tried to SIP it...it has mostly stayed down, but LOTS of slime.

So, all that to say, how long would you go before calling the dr.? I feel like SUCH a wienie, considering he says I am WAY BELOW "normal" capacity in my band, and appear to be hyper-sensitive to the fills. I wonder if I just need a few days on THIN liquids to see if things will settle down. I don't want to have fluid taken out. I just have TWENTY more lbs to go and I would love to get there....but I can't live like this either.

anyone else had the sensitivity to the fills? If so, how did you handle it?

All input will be appreciated!

Kim