Hi all. About 6 weeks ago I noticed out of nowhere that my band was too tight. I had an unfill and after 2 weeks was still too tight. Went in for another unfill and they completely drained my band. I had an upper GI series on Monday that showed my band has not slipped. I still can't tolerate even the smallest solid food. has anyone one had this problem? The dr said I should be able to eat like I don't have a band (I obviously don't want to lol!) but after 2-3 tiny bites of baked tilapia I'm in the bathroom heaving. I don't know what to do! Thanks for you help!

Hi all! Just wanted to give an update. I saw my psychologist and he doesn't think this is a mental thing. I have an appointment with my surgeon on Tuesday, so hopefully he can figure out what is going on. I'm still on liquids only, although, today was a really good day and I had some yogurt and a medifast shake! I was so excited! I'll update again after I see the surgeon. Thank you all for your advice and support!

After I had surgery, my surgeon put me on Pepcid complete. Any nausea, or feeling sick to the stomach was gone with this. Plus we get our calcium from it too.

You miht want to look into this, it is a bit pricey, but what isn't nowadays.

It worked ! that's about the best I can tell you.

Good Health to you, Shirley.

Good luck, I hope they can figure out what's going on!!

Hi all! Just wanted to give an update. I saw my psychologist and he doesn't think this is a mental thing. I have an appointment with my surgeon on Tuesday, so hopefully he can figure out what is going on. I'm still on liquids only, although, today was a really good day and I had some yogurt and a medifast shake! I was so excited! I'll update again after I see the surgeon. Thank you all for your advice and support!

Hey, just wanted to be clear and make sure I didn't scare you or anything with my previous response.... While there is a small chance that it could be psychological, I was reaching for alternative answers/ideas for you. Definitely listen to the others and try to get answers out of your docs as well or first. You may just be super sensitive to it or have a very small band. My doc told me that I have a 14cc extra large band, so I am having OPPOSITE effects from it. Mine can't seem to get tight enough! And in return am losing much slower then others.

Hope you are finding solutions now, and or getting used to the feeling of having a band.

Good luck!

I am going through the same thing. I have had the band for about a year and a half, a few months after I had the band placed I started having intolerance to food and liquids, I could barely eat, some day were better then others. About a month ago, I woke up one Saturday, and I could not hold down food or liquids, I went to the ER, and they found that the band had slipped, I had surgery a few days later and corrected the slip, I felt great after the surgery, but now I am having the same trouble again. I have been feeling a lot of restriction and food get stuck all the time. I just want to let everyone know, I have not had a fill since day one with this band, I feel this way, with an empty band. I don't know what to do anymore, I really don't want to lose the band, I am so afraid of gaining the weight back. Any thoughts or input will be appreciated....

Have you thought about asking what size band you have? Maybe yours is extra small and they need to put a larger size band in you? I found out from someone else's post that there are different size bands! Mine is an extra large and cant seem to get tight enough, then again they have only put 8cc's into my 14 cc band so far... uhg... I go for another fill tomorrow AM. But yeah, I would totally ask your doc about that!

Thank you all for your responses. I saw my surgeon on Tuesday and he sent me to have an ultrasound on my gall bladder and scheduled an endoscopy, which I had yesterday. My gall bladder is normal, no stones or anything and he said everything looks good with the endoscopy too, but I had a lot of mucus. I don't know if he just pushed it through or sucked it out, but I was starving by midday yesterday and I was not in my right mind and I just ate some crackers and I kept them down! I have no idea how or why this is happening, but I'm so happy! If it really is because of all of the mucus that was in there then I will need to make sure I don't get so filled up again. My husband got me a neti pot, zyrtec and mucinex to try. I did try the neti pot last night, but I haven't tried the others. Could all of this be caused by some stuck mucus?? I can't wait see me dr for my follow up!

Oh yeah, I've been eating normally since then too! That's why I'm so excited!

Thank you all for your responses. I saw my surgeon on Tuesday and he sent me to have an ultrasound on my gall bladder and scheduled an endoscopy, which I had yesterday. My gall bladder is normal, no stones or anything and he said everything looks good with the endoscopy too, but I had a lot of mucus. I don't know if he just pushed it through or sucked it out, but I was starving by midday yesterday and I was not in my right mind and I just ate some crackers and I kept them down! I have no idea how or why this is happening, but I'm so happy! If it really is because of all of the mucus that was in there then I will need to make sure I don't get so filled up again. My husband got me a neti pot, zyrtec and mucinex to try. I did try the neti pot last night, but I haven't tried the others. Could all of this be caused by some stuck mucus?? I can't wait see me dr for my follow up!

Yeah I totally noticed that the more congested I am, the harder it is to eat. I actually wake up in the middle of the night from it now and have to "discard" the mucus. Gross, but man that makes so much sense!

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I can't believe it! Lol! I started taking zyrtec and some micinex and using the netipot. I can't believe what a difference it's made! I'm so relieved that it's not a serious issue too! I was so worried about losing my band! 

I can't believe it! Lol! I started taking zyrtec and some micinex and using the netipot. I can't believe what a difference it's made! I'm so relieved that it's not a serious issue too! I was so worried about losing my band! 

me too! I'm so glad you started this topic too, cause I actually took it upon myself as well to work a little harder at clearing the congestion and now I feel even better! great job!