Okay I have a fill of about 2.8 or 2.9cc's in a 4cc band. Almost every time I take my first two bites of food I get the Deer in the Headlights look because I get stuck. I know this is not a good thing. Sometimes if I take deep breaths it goes down. Weird it feels like kind of a plop when it does. On other occasions not that many it comes back up. This only happens after the first 2 bites(not all the time but frequent enough to question). DOes this mean I am overfilled. After the food either goes down or comes back up I am good to go and can finish eating. Help!!! :faint:

I also have problems, but after the second bite. And I also get the loud embarrassing hiccups. I think that I need to wait longer between the first few bites. For me, it is not a matter of the bites being too big or not chewed well enough, it is because I do not wait long enough between bites. Once the first few bits go down I am fine for the rest of the meal.

Learning to eat as a bandster is quite an experience.

Arlene in Houston

Thanks for suggestions, I have been having the same problem....:confused:

I have been banded three years and i have to say that the hiccups have gotten better with time. My BIL used to laugh everytime i had those loud screeching hiccups. So we would all crack up about it. But now i never have them too much. Either that or i have learned how to control them. I dunno. I do still get 'deep' hiccups, just with out the sound effects. lol

I am so glad i have discovered this board. I have had a little set back with my band (my own stupidity) I had my band loosened and i gained 35 pounds so now i am starting over. But i am having a blast being able to read with other people with the band are experiencing. It keeps me pumped and motivated!!! It is nice to read some things and be like that is EXACTLY what i have!!! No one IRL understands!! lol

thank ya'll

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