I am at a baby shower and a friend of mine who was banded over a year ago got "sick" 6 times...is that normal? I am getting banded next week and wondered if this is something I should expect. She said she chewed her food very well.

Absolutely not unless she is way too tight. This can be corrected very easily with an unfill.

I am at a baby shower and a friend of mine who was banded over a year ago got "sick" 6 times...is that normal? I am getting banded next week and wondered if this is something I should expect. She said she chewed her food very well.

I am at a baby shower and a friend of mine who was banded over a year ago got "sick" 6 times...is that normal? I am getting banded next week and wondered if this is something I should expect. She said she chewed her food very well.

Sounds to me your friend cannot resist food and has to eat everything around her.

You have to learn a whole new way of eating. Sitting down, taking your time, chewing thoroughly, putting the fork down between bites, etc, etc. Paying attention to what is happening with every swallow of food.

At a party atmosphere, there is food everywhere and the temptation to be picking here and there .If you simply pick things up and swallow them, while carrying on conversations, etc., as one may do in a party, you are going to have problems.

Or, if you are sitting at a table, in a very social atmosphere, it may be hard to adhere to the discipline of proper eating techniques with the band.

I was at a business conference yesterday in DC. Every time we took a break there was food set out to snack on, from Cookies, bagels, fruit, etc, etc. If I did not have the discipline to not grab and eat, I would have been sick 6 times also.

I have a tight band, which I like, and I have to be aware of what I am doing when I eat anything, at all times.

No. Not normal. I am at restriction and knock on wood have few and far between stuuck episodes.

How many times do you hit yourself in the head with a hammer before you realize it hurts and then stop????? Six Times??

I would stop at the first, realize either I did something wrong or the band is not adjusted correctly. But it would not take 6 times to realize this.

Six times tells me she could not control her eating.

Don't be so quick to blame the band.

Not normal at all. It kinda sounds like bulimia.

I have thrown up once in 11 months. Having the band does not have to mean throwing up!