What is the mucus about?

I noticed some after the second fill when I lost food due to eating too fast or the food was dry (cornbread, sliced bread, fried chicken strips).

With this third fill (5-4-06), I am suffering from so much mucus that I can't get my fluids down unless they or hot. I have found that hot broth and creamy soups go down well but I am thirsty for a drink of just plain water. If I drink water, juice, protein drinks and the like, it is coming up with a lot of mucus. So I am not getting enough fluids and I don't want to go to the hospital as my primary care doctor has warned me.

Do I need to get a small unfill to correct this problem,

wait a week or so for my stomach to settle down,

or what?

I have been losing weight very slowly so I am not complaining if this is something I have to live with. But, if I can get rid of the mucus, I think I will be okay. Bewilded in Texas

i have this problem very badly, and my band is by no means to tight,, i drank, 2 iced teas at a party this week end, before the grill was ready then proceded to eat potato salad 1 1/2 hot dogs, beans, and baked ziti, and it all wnet down with no problems,, , yettt, in the am i cant even swallow anything but boiling hot broth, ( dont drink coffe) by noon, about 1/2 the time i can ordere a hot brothy soup and it clears me out and i can eat,, its the middel of the summer, theres not much hot soup around, so i end up trhowing up, the food i eat with mucus, about 10 oz of food and 4-5 ozs of mucus then i can get food down, easily,, some days no matter how much i through up it will not clear.. and i end up wasteing my entier meal. i am always using a spit cup,,

to claify, i am not to tight, i chew my food well enough, ( ie soup) i have taken claite d but the pills have a jello like coating that makes them swell and it blocked my up for 2 days, if i had know about my post nasel drip was a problem i would have just opted for the bypass and hopefully had less problems, my wife had her band done, and shes lost like 90 lbs, i lost about 50 on my own to prove i could do the band, but since december i have lost like 5 lbs, my doctor thinks i am cheating the band and discounts my mucus problem and calls me an emigma. i end up eating things that will go through, like soups, shakes, slushies, , i have completely cut out fast food like mc donalds, and bk, now im at wawa, every day looking for soups,, ,, i hate this band?!?!?!?

I'm reviving this old thread because I have allergies, asthma, post-nasal drip....you name it! Anyway, I want to know what people do besides warm liquids and water. That hasn't worked for me so far. I tried to have hot tea and it sits in my chest hurting until I spit it up with a bunch of mucous(sorry if TMI). Is someone using a particular nasal spray or medication that helps? I have used Nasarel but it does nothing. Should I try Sudafed strips or what?

I had my surgery in 2007 and over the last year do the same thing you are talking about. Have you found anything that works??? I can't eat or drink much of anything until about 2:00 or I will throw it up with like a "mucus plug" then I can eat almost too normal and drink fine up in the evenings. I tried squirting a 1/4 of a lemon early in the mornings for a few days and that did not help either. My weight is fine but it seems unhealthy to eat nothing until 2:00. you can reach me at worththesplurge@yahoo.com if you can help. Thank you!!!!! Bran