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I need some help quick. I received my 3rd fill Tuesday, just two weeks after my 2nd. I was able to eat more than I should and have only lost 3.5 pounds in 5 weeks(which is the time since of my first fill) so I felt it was time. I don't eat carbs, junk, sugar, etc. I really am being very good with food(for once!). So Tuesday I get my fil of .8cc's which brings me up to 4.3cc's. I was on liquids Tuesday and part of Wednesday. Ever since the fill I have had pain with virtually every sip and bite and I am sliming and throwing up all the time. The only things I have totally kept down in 4 days in yogurt, Protein shakes, Soup, and tiny bites of chicken(which I then threw up this afternoon). Throwing up Water is concerning me because I am drinking so little this week which is not normal for me. I am a huge Water drinker and now I am hardly getting any in at all. Why does it hurt with each bite? I chew well, choose 'safe' foods, don't drink while eating. Ugh! This just sucks. I was in tears last night because I couldn't lay down until my damn water quit causing me pain going down. This morning I though I got a repreive with my Muscle Milk. No problems at all. Then later on I threw up some chicken, and a bunch of water.. Am I way too tight or do I need to head back to liquids for a few days and let my stomach adjust? I'm all for rapid weight loss, but this isn't the way to do it. It's taking a toll on me as well because I am tired, feel weak, and even my neighbor asked if I was ok because she said I didn't look so well.

Thanks,

Melissa

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I need some help quick. I received my 3rd fill Tuesday, just two weeks after my 2nd. I was able to eat more than I should and have only lost 3.5 pounds in 5 weeks(which is the time since of my first fill) so I felt it was time. I don't eat carbs, junk, sugar, etc. I really am being very good with food(for once!). So Tuesday I get my fil of .8cc's which brings me up to 4.3cc's. I was on liquids Tuesday and part of Wednesday. Ever since the fill I have had pain with virtually every sip and bite and I am sliming and throwing up all the time. The only things I have totally kept down in 4 days in yogurt, Protein shakes, Soup, and tiny bites of chicken(which I then threw up this afternoon). Throwing up Water is concerning me because I am drinking so little this week which is not normal for me. I am a huge Water drinker and now I am hardly getting any in at all. Why does it hurt with each bite? I chew well, choose 'safe' foods, don't drink while eating. Ugh! This just sucks. I was in tears last night because I couldn't lay down until my damn water quit causing me pain going down. This morning I though I got a repreive with my Muscle Milk. No problems at all. Then later on I threw up some chicken, and a bunch of water.. Am I way too tight or do I need to head back to liquids for a few days and let my stomach adjust? I'm all for rapid weight loss, but this isn't the way to do it. It's taking a toll on me as well because I am tired, feel weak, and even my neighbor asked if I was ok because she said I didn't look so well.

Thanks,

Melissa

it sounds like you are to tight. if you don't drink you will get dehydrated. have you called your dr? if not i'd call rght now and leave a mssg and have him call you back. can you go to the amergency room?

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Since last Wednesday I had experienced the exact same thing as you! Whether you're overfilled or just tight from the vomiting you need to have at least a slight unfill ASAP! Trust me, I put it off for over a week and every time I thought it was getting better, it got worse. I had .5 taken out yesterday & it has made a WORLD of difference. My Dr. said to give it 7 days & we'll decide if I need more put back in. I do have a habit of getting tighter the week before my TOM so we aren't sure if it was just that?

Call your Dr ASAP! Don't put it off, you could risk damaging your band from the vomiting.

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You need to get some taken out fast. The more your band is aggravated even more swelling will occur. This also happened to me and getting some taken out was the best move I have ever made.

I need some help quick. I received my 3rd fill Tuesday, just two weeks after my 2nd. I was able to eat more than I should and have only lost 3.5 pounds in 5 weeks(which is the time since of my first fill) so I felt it was time. I don't eat carbs, junk, sugar, etc. I really am being very good with food(for once!). So Tuesday I get my fil of .8cc's which brings me up to 4.3cc's. I was on liquids Tuesday and part of Wednesday. Ever since the fill I have had pain with virtually every sip and bite and I am sliming and throwing up all the time. The only things I have totally kept down in 4 days in yogurt, Protein shakes, Soup, and tiny bites of chicken(which I then threw up this afternoon). Throwing up Water is concerning me because I am drinking so little this week which is not normal for me. I am a huge Water drinker and now I am hardly getting any in at all. Why does it hurt with each bite? I chew well, choose 'safe' foods, don't drink while eating. Ugh! This just sucks. I was in tears last night because I couldn't lay down until my damn water quit causing me pain going down. This morning I though I got a repreive with my Muscle Milk. No problems at all. Then later on I threw up some chicken, and a bunch of water.. Am I way too tight or do I need to head back to liquids for a few days and let my stomach adjust? I'm all for rapid weight loss, but this isn't the way to do it. It's taking a toll on me as well because I am tired, feel weak, and even my neighbor asked if I was ok because she said I didn't look so well.

Thanks,

Melissa

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Definitely call your doctor and get your band unfilled. Same thing happened to me this week. My band actually had more in it than they thought. I was supposed to be at 4.25 cc's and was actually at 7.5 and couldn't get Water down. They unfilled me a bit and it was glorius!

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Well after an agonizing sleepless night of chest pain, regurgitation, noises from the depths of my stomach, I called my doctor at 9:45 this morning. I asked which ER I should go to. He said no, that he doesn't trust anyone and that he would meet me at the office in an hour. He had to take care of his kids and then drove 20 minutes to unfill me. He took out 2 cc's while I drank a a bunch of Water to hydrate me and then put back 1.6 cc's. What a difference that makes! I only lost .4 cc's, but the horrible pain when I drank or tried to eat has gone away. He said that there is a very thin line for me to be in the green zone. I guess so.I lost 4.5 pounds in 4 days, but he said he isn't going to record that weight because he thinks I am really dehydrated. He is probably right. I still can't drink like I used to, but that is something I'll have to work on. For the first time in about a week I got really hungry. I guess that is a good sign. He said that all of the burping and gurgling that I have is a sign of good restriction. Lesson learned. I'll never let myself get that bad again.

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I need some help quick. I received my 3rd fill Tuesday, just two weeks after my 2nd. I was able to eat more than I should and have only lost 3.5 pounds in 5 weeks(which is the time since of my first fill) so I felt it was time. I don't eat carbs, junk, sugar, etc. I really am being very good with food(for once!). So Tuesday I get my fil of .8cc's which brings me up to 4.3cc's. I was on liquids Tuesday and part of Wednesday. Ever since the fill I have had pain with virtually every sip and bite and I am sliming and throwing up all the time. The only things I have totally kept down in 4 days in yogurt, Protein shakes, Soup, and tiny bites of chicken(which I then threw up this afternoon). Throwing up Water is concerning me because I am drinking so little this week which is not normal for me. I am a huge Water drinker and now I am hardly getting any in at all. Why does it hurt with each bite? I chew well, choose 'safe' foods, don't drink while eating. Ugh! This just sucks. I was in tears last night because I couldn't lay down until my damn water quit causing me pain going down. This morning I though I got a repreive with my Muscle Milk. No problems at all. Then later on I threw up some chicken, and a bunch of water.. Am I way too tight or do I need to head back to liquids for a few days and let my stomach adjust? I'm all for rapid weight loss, but this isn't the way to do it. It's taking a toll on me as well because I am tired, feel weak, and even my neighbor asked if I was ok because she said I didn't look so well.

Thanks,

Melissa

You are too tight! I have had my band for 2 years and I can not have it filled more than 4.5. Have them take a bit out before you get so sick they habe to empty it!

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I'm glad it worked out for you and you have a great surgeon!!

I'm even happier that you posted that others may learn from this.

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Glad to hear your Dr got you unfilled so quickly! I know EXACTLY what that relief feels like. I kept trying to convince myself it was something I ate wrong or not slow/small enough, never again will I let it go on that long before getting an unfill!

I was able to move onto mushies today & everything went fine, can't wait for solids tomorrow :lunch: Yummmmm

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