Hi-I'm going to try to sum this up.....I was banded 2/14/12, I have lost 82 pounds and was doing pretty good. Three weeks ago I had issues where I couldn't eat or drink and it lasted for 2 weeks until I could get into my dr. I felt like food was stuck, a pork chop to be exact lol. I finally got in and the dr said there was food stuck and he deflated the band, the food passed, and he added more fluid. Prior to this incident I had my last fill in December and since then I can only eat maybe at most 1/4 cup of food for lunch and dinner. I can't eat anything for breakfast. I start my day with a cup of coffee or tea, then water. Around 9:00 I have a protein shake and can barely finish that. My list of food that I can tolerate is very limited. My diet pretty much consists of baked chicken breast and Chili from Wendys. I can't eat any other meat (besides chicken and occasionally ground beef). I can't eat fruits, veggies, breads, pasta, any type of "breakfast foods" even for dinner, I cant even tolerate the "slider" foods. So my question is..is this normal? Should I just suck it up and deal with it? I'm going to my dr again on Wednesday as I'm very concerned and it cant be healthy!? I don't want to be able to eat a lot but would love to be able to eat protein and veggies in one meal.

I would say its not a good thing to get completely unfilled unless you have a medical issue. I would have wanted a small unfill if i was too tight..which i did have once. If all my fluid was removed it would be like starting over. Unless you only have 1cc then i guess its not a big deal.

Oh ok. I'm supposed to go back in a month. I'm still having some pain in my tummy so maybe some of the problems is gastritis like he said