Just wondering if it can be done

i have only been banded since 3/15 and haven't needed a fill because i have good restriction as is. i haven't ever thrown up and only got stuck once. i really hope that i don't ever have to get a fill because i feel like my good luck would end.

Knock on woood have never thrown up. I have had 3-4 short stuck incidents. They have ranged in pain produced; the longest lasted about 10 minutes. I have been very lucky some people report stuck episodes lasting for hours. I have gotten stuck on two things baby carrots and chicken"sandwich" made with a romain lettuce leaf. The carrots happened because I ate really fast and did not chew. If I chew correctly and dip in hummus not problems. My "sandich" was a fluke I have it every day for lunch and only had a problem once.

I've never been stuck or thrown up. I'm over 5 months out, and I don't eat super carefully... I think every body reacts differently, or maybe where the band is placed? I have no idea. But I honestly don't think anything would make me stuck. My band is 5.5ccs full.

hi.. I was banded on 17th march....I have never thrown up or been stuck anytime..

but my weight loss is slow.....and my weight is stuck now...

I am not an old timer. I am banded just over two weeks and just had my first stuck incident yesterday! NOT fun! I did not throw!!! Oh boy I don't want to do that again!

Been banded 16 months stuck a plenty but never thrown up. If your tight enough you will get stuck sometimes unless you chew your food so much that it is baby food. It is usually inevitable that if you are tight you will get stuck at some point. It happens and you move on.

Banded almost 8 months, never stuck, never PB'd, slimed or vomitted (and I hope to God I never will).

I am at 2.5cc's in a 10 cc band so I have enough fill to give me hunger satiation but not enough to physically restrict what I can eat-- I think this makes a difference, at least in my body.

I freaking wish. I have crazy restriction..with no fill. Oy vey. My episodes are very far and in between however.

Just wondering if it can be done

I don't know if I'd be considered an old timer, but I've never gotten stuck or thrown up. But I've never had good restriction until my last fill. I can't eat in the mornings now (I tried it and the tightness in the chest is too bad), so I just drink a Protein shake. I'm in the green zone now! Hope to God I never do!

This Halloween will be 5 years banded for me

I have been stuck, thrown up, swollen up, just never ended up in a Hospital.

Since I have a new surgeon, and he filled this 4cc band to 2.75cc Nothing gets stuck !

The band is filled more, so I eat less, but nothing gets stuck as long as I chew.

So same band, Different Surgeons, and different techniques.. It makes a difference.

I have been banded about eight months and have only thrown up once and it was a complete and total surprise. Not sure to this day what caused it, but i for damn sure will never eat a sweet potato again. I agree that getting "stuck" just happens.... especially with the more restriction/fill you have the more careful you will have to be.

Over five years out I can count on my hands the number of times I've thrown up. I dont think anyone will make it years with never throwing up unless you can lose the weight pretty much on your own with virtually no restriction. But for me its an extremely rare event, always user error (hungry, bolt down food).

the secret is, you have to do the work. I've kept my band loose enough that I can eat bread, apples with skin, all those difficult foods, but the cost of that is I can eat more and dont have that "I never think about food and forget to eat" lack of appetite that others talk about. I have to run an hour a day to maintain my weight and I have to hold out between meals. But I can eat normally and dont have problems, just less in volume.

It pays off, i've had to be unfilled for the last six months due to other health issues and this approach has really changed my eating habits, I havent regained any weight at all.

I have been filled 11 months and I have def thrown, blocked, stuck, etc. I am better at it not happening now, but there are days that everything sticks and others nothing does. I can't eat rice and I stay away from bread except for a rare occasion.

Stuck isn't horrid. It's uncomfortable. But if you stretch out it usually helps. I have heard people sipping to get unstuck, but I do that I throw innediately

18+ months post op

10 cc Lap Band filled to 7.1 ccs

NEVER PB'd, been stuck, or thrown up since surgery.

Not sure what i'm doing right...but it's probably that I chew, chew, chew, then chew some more.

Wow I'm jealous.

I throw up at least once a week, sometimes more. But it's my fault. I work a fast paced job and tend to eat too fast.

If I get stuck I definetely do not try to drink anything or it will for sure come back up.

I haven't had bread since January 2010 and really don't miss it. I do fine with rice or Pasta if I CHEW CHEW CHEW.