I hate to be such a downer as I am typically a positive person, but I am tired of this yo-yo feeling I am having with my band. I've been banded for 2 years, and I also got pregnant and had a child in that time as well. The most I am down is 25 pounds.

Granted, I will take credit for failing the band at times, but it is hard for me to take a half a day off from work every few weeks to go for a fill and figure out perfect restriction. I exercise regularly, eat well and get my Protein. I know I need a slight fill right now, but now I am paranoid about being too tight when I do go in. I had a scare a few months ago that made me too tight and was unable to drink Water and I was 4 hours away from my doc in the middle of a frozen lake in a winter storm. It was AWFUL.

I just feel like I am struggling to find a sweet spot and am getting sick of searching for it. I just dont have the time with a job and family at home. My husband is on the road all summer for work and that alone makes it hard for me to rely on others when it comes to my children. Ugh, I just need to vent. I really thought I would have been a LOT farther in my journey, and I am sad that I am not. I feel like such a failure.

WOW thats all I have to say!

MrsBerggren just get back on the wagon

O.K.,,,,, my 2 cents only! Join myfitnesspal.com it's free, and it tracks your calories, Protein, exercise, and keeps it in memory. Most of all it's free !

I use it all the time, and i keep a eye on calories, and protein mostly. On the home page you can chat with people from this site, a lot of us are over there, and it is a good thing.

I know what your talking about, when it comes to not being able to swallow Water, "THE RED ZONE" I been there too. They looked at mind under Fluoroscope, and filled me to my fill line. I'm fine !

If it's necessary, then maybe your surgeon will consider that, do to your fear. It is SCARY! That will work, another thing is to fill you, and with the needle still in the port, have you sit up, and drink water. He will put in Fluid untill you say stop, or it comes up. Then he will back it off, and you should drink fine. That's another way.

So Good Luck on whatever you do, but like I said,,,,, there are ways to get around it.

Shirley