I was banded on 12/21/11. I lost 40 pounds the first 5 months and had many fills and nothing. Somewhere along the way I lost 4ccs. They said I should be at 10 but when I went the other day she was only able to pull about 6ccs out. She put in 2 1/2 more cc's and had to take a 1/2 out because i couldn't keep down any water. Now two days later I am able to eat Greek Yogurt, about 3 tablespoons of Chili, and I chopped up some broccoli and chicken in my chopper and ate about 4 or 5 spoonfulls. I have a pain when I swallow right where the band is and the first night it hurt to even swallow. However, it seems to be getting better each day and the little bit of food I eat is staying down. Is my band too tight? Should I be able to eat more than a few forkfulls two days after the fill with no pressure. I am going for a fill adjustment with fluroscopy next week to see if my band is leaking, however I feel so much restriction now I think they were missing my port.

cant be missing your port cause you fill restriction. if tomorrow you don't feel better give them a call and go in. I s water going down now?

If you haven't had restriction for a year now, you probably haven't learned how to eat properly with a well adjusted band? Right after this last fill, you probably had some edema around the band because 2.5 ccs is a lot to put in all at one time. Then as the swelling went down you were able to eat with less restriction?

Eat slow, Eat small and chew big.

tmf

Thanks, water is going down but I feel it and any food I eat and I get a pain in my band after I swallow. I have also had terrible heartburn in my band area that wakes me up at night.

need to unfill

I go next thursday for a fill adjustment with contrast under floroscopy to see where the missing 4cc's went, however, I am so tight right now I think I do need a unfill of a little bit. Since I can keep small amounts of food and liqued down, I think I can wait till Thursday and just have him take a half CC out to see if the pain in my band gets better.