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phatkatblue    45

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i've been feeling a tightness in my throat for about the past two weeks...it started when i got sick with a cold and was having trouble swallowing thick phlegm...i still have a bit of a cold but my throat feels tight and i am beginning to think it is not related to the cold...i have had two fills since being banded and cancelled my third due to this feeling...i have had three stuck episodes all totally my fault...but this tightness is irritating...no trouble breathing, but swallowing definitely feels weird and this is even when i'm not eating...my band used to be tight only in the mornings and now feels tight all day most days...again this just started about a week ago...anyone else experience this? am i too tight? dehydrated? something else going on? it kinda feels like a constant lump in my throat...not painful just annoying...

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Sojourner    2,446

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i've been feeling a tightness in my throat for about the past two weeks...it started when i got sick with a cold and was having trouble swallowing thick phlegm...i still have a bit of a cold but my throat feels tight and i am beginning to think it is not related to the cold...i have had two fills since being banded and cancelled my third due to this feeling...i have had three stuck episodes all totally my fault...but this tightness is irritating...no trouble breathing, but swallowing definitely feels weird and this is even when i'm not eating...my band used to be tight only in the mornings and now feels tight all day most days...again this just started about a week ago...anyone else experience this? am i too tight? dehydrated? something else going on? it kinda feels like a constant lump in my throat...not painful just annoying...

I am still waiting for my first fill, and have not had a cold recently...but I have read that feeling "tight" may be alleviated by sipping a hot drink, such as tea.

Another reason may be that your band is too tight.

Either way, I would call your surgeon's office and ask for some advice.

Hope you'll be feeling yourself again real soon! :)

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shuckybucky    107

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Yes... I go through this when I get sick or before my menstrual cycle. I always go back to liquids (warm ones for me) and give it a week to see if it will go down. Use Mucinex for the thick sinus drainage and my band doctor says take a benadryl for that thick flym every night and last time it was severe congestion so he said use pseudaphed. I have had a few times that it wouldn't resolve and I had to get some Fluid removed from the band. My doctor everything gets irritated and swells and the band gets tight. I always get reflux when my band gets tight and a night cough with the tightness in my chest/throat. It is very miserable!!! Stay hydrated.

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Jepegurl    23

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I have the tightness-pressure feeling too. I'm 2 weeks post op though and assuming its from inflammation. Truthfully I have had the sensation off and on my whole adult life. After much testing I have come to believe anxiety makes it worse. But now that I'm banded, it's alarming... Always worrying about slips

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shuckybucky    107

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I have the tightness-pressure feeling too. I'm 2 weeks post op though and assuming its from inflammation. Truthfully I have had the sensation off and on my whole adult life. After much testing I have come to believe anxiety makes it worse. But now that I'm banded, it's alarming... Always worrying about slips

With the band anxiety or stress definately makes it worse for me.

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hunnybee11    3

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Wow, I'm going through this too...No fun. Mine seems worse at night when I'm laying flat on my back. I'm thinking I need to get Fluid removed. How are you feeling now?

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phatkatblue    45

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feeling some relief as of yesterday...keeping an eye in it though...it popped up suddenly after a cold and seemed to linger..i also had two back to back stuck episodes during this time and have been taking it easy the past few days with food...we shall see...

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