Had my last fill the middle of Dec., felt like I had finally hit my "sweet spot". All went well for about four months. Well last month I got sick, have had a lot of drainage and phlegm. Now I cannot eat anything. Only protein drinks and not much of them. What is going on???

It's the phlegm --- my friend just went through this.....she actually went and got some fo her fill taken out and regrets it, as if you get on allergy meds or cold meds (depending on what is causing your phlegm) it should help cure it....most of us don't want to pay to have some taken out to then need it put back in shortly thereafter!

There are a lot of things that will affect how tight your band it -- stress, hormones (time of the month esp), sickness, not being hydrated enough, humidity, stress....so sometimes you have to just pay close attention to what is going on if you seem really tight all of a sudden.

Good luck!

Went to my internist today....he said it was thrush caused by the drainage. He put me on some prescription sinus spray and super expensive nexium and also some tonic stuff for the thrush. Hoping and praying this will help. Was starting to wonder if the band had slipped. Will do this for few days and see how it goes. Thanks for the input.