Has anyone experienced your band tightening up for no reason...One day your fine and the next BAM your super tight???

Has anyone experienced your band tightening up for no reason...One day your fine and the next BAM your super tight???

Welcome to the world of the fickle band. It is strange, but it has happened to me too. So many things can make our bands get tight - a slight stick, stress, hormones, sinus drainage. Hopefully it will pass soon.

Best wishes to you to feel better soon.

Sue

I am dealing with that right now too. Debating on a small unfill.

Yes. Mine varies from day to day, but then sometimes it just goes a LOT tighter than normal.

For me, it seems to be related to getting out of my normal eating routine. Like when I travel for work or vacation. I do something unusual and it triggers a stuck episode which then waterfalls to a whole series of fun times to be dealt with until everything calms down.

I just recently was able to put it all together and figure out what was happening. We were on a two week trip, the first week I kept trying to eat Breakfast with morning coffee. I kept getting stuck everyday. One day that started too early for even the attempt, I decided to skip it and bring a Protein bar for later in the day. I was fine. Ah ha!!! Even though I was just having melon and yogurt, it was too much too soon and not what I normally do, which is have coffee then wait until I feel hungry to eat anything. Lesson learned. Band isn't ready for food until it signals. Don't even try feeding it unless it asks.

I was on a work trip last week. It was the first trip I've been on in a loooong time that I did not have issues with getting stuck.

Eating out is a problem. Don't know why I can eat most anything at home, but when I go out first bite gets stuck. I try to eat slow and chew chew chew. Sometimes I wonder if is stress or nervousness about getting sick in public?

hi zeniada,

things that affect me and tighten my band

morning, exercise, flying, stress, if i PB it tightens,

i generally switch to Protein shakes till it passes.

i dont have any fill right now and i'm still get tight in the above situations.

it's just a matter of managing through these episodes for me

good luck

josie

Mine gets tighter 2 times a month, like clockwork. A day or so before ovulation, and the same before the period.

Not sure that my band has ever felt tight. Perhaps after the first fill when I had to drink a cup of water - I can usually just chug water down without a thought but that day I did have to sip it. Is that what tight feels like?

YES! I'm still figuring the band out most of the time, but I know I get tighter when:

TOM is here

I haven't had enough to drink

too much salt

if I'm really stressed

Yeah TOM is coming so that could be why....

I just had .10 cc removed today and I feel so much better. My doctor said it could be allergies and to make sure to take allergy meds every day.

Having same issue. Banded 8/09 - done extremely well. Actually lost 75 lbs the first year and haven't lost or gained since. But now I'm feeling water logged. We had a week of family visiting and of course more food than any one should eat. That was 2 weeks ago. Still having issues with tightness. Today I've had a half a bowl of cereal, a yogurt and a little soup. I'm feeling filled to the gills but almost like I did as a kid when I would be so hot and then drink as fast as I could. Never thought about sinus, but that's been gone a week now too. Could it be the OTC allergy pills have done a number. I hate taking anything that's not liquid -- never sure what it's doing while lying around in there.