My band lets many life changes "control" it. Temp changes, travel, stress and even time of day. The big one with the most power is MUCUS! Now that I am finally truly in the Green Zone, I realize just how much impact post nasal drip has on my ability to eat. Since I have year round allergies there will be many problems ahead if I can't figure out how to work around it. This past week I had the flu and a cold. Hunger is never a problem for me but we all need to eat. My thoughts are that the mucus is filling my pouch and it's not leaving room for food. I can drink most things without problem, but if it is chewed I can't get but a bite or two and done. I am even having problems with my meds; most are very small but I have to space them out right now.

Wow, that sounds really miserable. If you have a constant mucus problem, perhaps you could consider loosening your band slightly to allow you to still eat? Worth discussing with your dr, at least.

I have a summer cold at the moment and my band got very tight in the early days, to the point where I was going to phone my dr for a slight unfill.

Mucus should be a slider and pass right through the band. You may have swelling from allergies, but it does not seem that mucus would fill the band.

The mucus really does seem to go through fine, but I am just guessing. I think it goes through slowly (that's how the band is supposed to work) but since it is a constant thing for me, I think it's there most of the time taking up space. This has only been happening since the flu so for right now I don't want to take anything out. I will give this a week and hope it all gets better. I have also been working out and I am noticing that I am getting some tightening of my core, I'm hoping this is a good thing and my body is doing some adjusting.

Funny I ran across your post. I haven't had a fill in about 8 months but just called this morning to go in this afternoon to let some Fluid out. I have a cold, (day 4) with LOTS of drainage. Since yesterday, I can't eat or drink anything - it comes back up. That being said, I am not sure if it's the cold (mucus), the cold outside (it's single digits here in Wisconsin yesterday and today) or something else. I found last summer, I had the same issue when we had record breaking heat.

That being said, I also had a glass of Metamucil (fiber) yesterday and soon after that, I started to have problems. I never took that before yesterday so it's something new for me.

Anyone else have issues with extreme temps, Metabucil or mucus?

My nose runs a lot since last fill/unfill. I am positive it is from my band.