Mucus Runs My Band

[YngGram 73]

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.

[SageTracey 608]

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.

[CHEZNOEL 4,061]

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.

[YngGram 73]

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.

[FunTracy 0]

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?

[hely88 883]

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