I've been banded 6 months, lost 57 lbs and feel pretty comfortable with the band lifestyle.......until today. I got a small (.02cc) just over a week ago. Been feeling like I was in the green zone. As with most I'm tighter in the mornings, therefore often wait about 2 hours to eat Breakfast. I eat slow, small bits, chew chew chew, Protein first. Got it all down. Until today....

Day started as usual, had a poached egg and some turkey spam. After eating about half I got the signal that I was full so I stopped. Then I started getting the slim in the mouth and PBed. It came from nowhere. Then lunch, 2 bits into a sandwich I knew I was in trouble, got the stuck feeling...PBed that up too. Later in the afternoon I was hunger so I had 1/4 cup of cottage cheese, sticking with soft foods as a safety measure. No problems. dinner was salmon, light flakey fish so it shouldn't be a problem. I took really small bites and waited 1-2 minutes between bites. Sure enough after about 4 bites I got that feeling again. As I got up from the table I PBed A LOT all over the floor. Wow this has never happened before. Something really upset my band today.

Of course about 2 hours after dinner I'm hunger but was not going to upset my band more. I drank a Protein shake, took about 30 minutes to drink it. I could feel it gurgling through my band.

My conclusion, something upset my band. Could be the 100 degree days, allergies, something I did or didn't do when eating breakfast, or who knows. I am proud of myself for seeing the signs and not trying to push things. Living with the band you never know what is in store for the day. I'll have to see what tomorrow brings, it might have to be a day of liquids. My little angle may need some time to settle back down.

Just wanted to share my day, see if this has happened to others.

You said that you had a fill of 0.02cc' date=' which is 2/10 of a 10th. I get 0.2cc fills, which is 2/10th of a cc. There are markers for the 10th of a cc (0.1cc) but I don't think it would be possible to get less than 0.1cc or so accurately.

I was trying to ask if you'd possibly made a typo of 0.02cc and meant 0.2cc.[/quote']

Sorry I put an extra zero in. I meant to say .2cc, sorry about the confusion.

Good to hear these expeirences. Ty:)

Same thing happened to me last weekend. Had a .25 fill on Thursday, did liquids Friday, Soft mushies on Saturday. Went for scrambled eggsand broccoli (bad decision) for breakfast instead of my usual Protein shake and OH NO....that started the day. I irritated my band enough that I couldn't keep anything but liquids down at all on Saturday. Sunday was better, have been fine ever since. Even though it wasn't the reason this past weekend, my hubby and I went hiking a few weeks ago in the mountains (we live at about 4,000 ft and hiked at about 10,000 ft and I couldn't eat at all. Could feel my band get tighter even without eating when we were up at that altitude.

Pretty wild - who woulda thought?

That's why my dietician said it was important to journal, so you can go back and see what aggravated you.

The importance of keeping a journal!

Thanks everyone for all your comments, I learn something new everyday. Just seeing everyone going through the same things I go through makes me feel that there is a solution for everything. Thanks again...

I am 2 & 1/2 years out and STILL experience this from time to time. It never really gets easier to eat the unforgiving foods when you're tighter (unless of course you force it/ stretch your pouch or "prime" your pouch by drinking alot first-- all of which are bad habits.) Once you've PB'd the first time for the day figure your band wasn't ready for whatever it was you ate-- even if its your usual diet foods, and jus go to liquids for at least the next 8 hours to give it a chance to recover. PBing can easily become forceful vomiting if the gag reflex kicks in (experienced this at 2yrs out) and this wreaks havoc on the band for days to come and in some cases cause band slips. Good job paying attention to your body and your band.

I always say my band is like a toddler!!!! You just never know what may make it get out of kilter!!!! I find the heat can do it, laying down, excitement or tension, eating too fast, too much, too big of bites, or sometimes just because....a toddler. Today is rough for me, I think my navy bean soup is troubling me maybe the skin on them doesn't agree but I just need to take it easy. Who knows tonight I just might be able to eat my baked chicken....Scwanns is so tender!!!

Glad it worked out for you and you got through it. After removing fluid and being here for a month im ready for a fill