For the past month I have been having a TON of sinus/ allergy problems. When my sinuses are draining my band is super tight and I can do liquids only. When they stop draining my band loosens up and I can eat again. Its like liquids for 3 days then solids for three days. This cycle has gone on for a month now. This past Monday I got tight again and went back to liquids. I called my Lap Band surgeon and they had me speak with the bariatric coordinator. She said she had never heard of that and she would speak to my doc and call me back. It's been 2 days and still no call. Yesterday and today I've been able to eat small amounts- like 1/2 to 3/4 a cup. I'm not throwing up or getting stuck but I do feel like I have food in my throat.

I'm not sure if I really do though or what. When my allergies flare up it always gets hard for me to swallow and I feel like there's a knot in my throat. What is going on? My last fill was months ago and I was fine until 4 weeks ago when my sinuses started up.

This is going to sound like something out of left field, but I have sleep apnia and for the past three

years I have had sinus problems, it seemed worse in the winter. My PCP suggested I get a humidifier

for my CPAP machine and immediately my problems were gone! I wonder if a humidifier would help you.

You probably don't have apnea, but maybe a little humid air might give you some relief. worth a try.

Hope you find something that helps

Well I actually did have apnea and upper airway restriction before being banded. I just want this feeling to stop. All these sinus issues are uber annoying at this point.

I have had severe allergy/sinus problems in the past sometimes having up to 6 infections a year and now take a Claritin everyday. I have gone a whole year without one sinus infection (knock on wood) and I know the proactive approach is what is working for me. Have you seen an ENT about your infection? A month is a long time to have one. Hope it gets better for you soon.

No but only because I don't think what I have is an infection. Usually when I have a sinus infection I feel much worse than I do now and I cough like crazy- to the point that I have to use an Advair inhaler. I'm not coughing at all right now.

I saw my family doc last week. I've been on Zyrtec and Nasonex for years. She switched that to prescription Xyzal and Nasacort. That has helped some but not a ton.

I do have sinus polyps that I see an ENT for but they are in my lower sinuses and not my upper sinuses so for now he's just watching them.