After my 2nd fill I had a lot of problem eating after about 6 weeks. It got to the point where I couldn't even drink a shake, I was having upper right abdominal pain, under my bottom right rib and it seems to radiate to my chest and back.. I had a complete unfill because my doctor will not remove part unless it is under the floro. (sp?) I felt relief as far as the eating was concerned but was still having the pain in my chest. My Gp sent me for an ultrasound of my abdomin and gallbladder. It all came back fine. I go for a barium swallow on Monday. I seem to only have the pain after I eat.Usually gets worse if the food is heavy. Yesterday I had some chicken salad and about an hour after I ate it felt like someone was stabbing me in the chest, once this passed(about 30 minutes) I was OK. By the grace of God I have been able to stick with the band rules. I still get hungry but try not to eat too much. I was wondering if anyone else has had this, could it be band related or am having some other kind of problem. I originally thought it was reflux but there have been no other problems with the food coming back up since I have been unfilled. No problems at night.

I think we're all in for it with allergies this year. Ali, I hope you're feeling better! Try Sudafed or some other decongestant. I think that's what I did wrong this past time and I'll be more aggressive about treating congestion the next time it occurs.

Glad to hear you're following through on the testing, Seppi! I hope they find something easily treatable.

Had the HIDA scan, apparently the gallbladder has no stones but isn't functioning the exact way that it should. The nurse called and said it was at 30% but I don't know how bad this is. She said that the doctor said I can go ahead and get a fill but if the gallbladder starts to bother me again (not too bad lately) I should have it out. Does anyone what the functioning number should be? I am leaning to waiting to see what happens, will the problem go away?

On another note, something weird has happened the last 3 days. I have no fill and up until 3 days ago, no restriction. Then all of a sudden some restriction. No pain just a bit of fullness and 1 PB, a small one but i think it's because I took my 2 enormous vitamins and then drank some protien shake. Is this strange or what?