BURPING! It doesn't matter if I drink something or have mushie... I am constantly burping. Is this normal and if so please tell me it gets better!!!

well.. from my own experiences, it doesn't get much better. I burp ALL the time.

With that said, my band is very tight and I believe that contributes to it.

After surgery I was very similar to you.. burping a lot. A few months out I noticed it died down a bit. However I feel that the tighter my band gets, the more food sloshes around in my pouch and creates gas.. I don't know if that's whats happening.. but that's what it feels like to me.

I have the same thing. I am 2 weeks post-op today. And most of the time when I burp nothing comes out, it's like I feel it come up and but it's not like a normal burp. Hard to explain.

Oh mine is productive... I sound like a man after a good beer chug! It's disgusting, of course my teen son thinks its hillarious... If I hear " good one Mom" one more time.....

Mine got better. I was never a burper before the surgery, but for about a month after I did. But now I only have the sensation as if I had to burp, but don't..like I have a bubble trapped. I hear others describe it this way as well after they eat......mine is the opposite. I tend to have the feeling when I'm starting to get hungry then it subsides after I eat.

Stangest things with being banded.

So burping means you are possibly hungry & hiccups mean you are full?? My surgery is coming up July 2nd and I wanna be sure to know... Ya know.., the signs beforehand. A little "freaked" already so the more info the better.

No burping does not man you are hungry. For some reason post band many people just burp (or fart) a lot more. It can happen at any time.

Hiccups can be a full sign for some but for others it might just mean they have eaten too fast or taken too big a bite. Everyone is different and you learn to listen to your body and figure out what it is telling you.