Hello everyone. I had my first fill this weds. Had no problem with water or ground beef I had for dinner. It was when I took my meds that it went bad. I was stuck for a while. Next day had shakes & water no problem again got stuck on jut one small pill. What a horrible experience. I had pineapple juice, water, walked, hands up, jumped till 4 hrs later.

Well, my question is could the fill be too much? Does the fill loosen up light a new pair of shoes? What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

You best ask your doctor. I'm 8 months out and I've never had a stuck problem. I'm able to swallow most pills. I'm not at restriction yet but my doctor is conservative with the fills and I'm fine with that.

Are you able to cut the pills in half?

I agree with HotButterFly, you might need to either cut up your pills, or try get some in liquid forms. My daughter takes hers with warm coffee.

if it is a capsil the plastic covering can hand on ask for tablet instead. Why are u drinking pineapple juice the sugar has got to be high and the acidity cant be good for the band, cant it? Are you chasing it down with ton's of water I know they say sip water but you might need to drink a whole glass at once.

Beware, there are some pills that should NEVER be cut, though!! Pills that work in "slow-release" should not be cut up. (JustAThought)

pills are funny things. I am not, and never have been, tight. I can eat all foods, and if I PB it is always my own fault for eating too fast - and it happens very rarely. My band is much looser than many people like.

But I have never been able to take any pills larger than a very small pea! Well, I could for the first six months, but then one day, for no reason, my tiny bp capsule dissolved above the band. The only reason I realised was because waves of nasty taste kept coming up. It didn't hurt. But since then, only tiny tabs go down. So I take all meds in soluble, crushable, cuttable forms. So far there has always been one available although sometimes the doctors have had to do a bit of research to find one.

One problem is that we may not realise a tab is dissolving above the band and that can cause problems. They are designed to dissolve in the large and acid environment of the stomach. So dissolving more slowly (no acid) and always on exactly the same place (immediately above the band) may cause long term problems. A friend of mine ended up in ER after her pharmacist assured it her it would do no harm if her anti-bio dissolved above the band. He was wrong. The tissue swelled so badly she needed an emergency aspiration.

It is for that reason that I, and many others, choose to avoid swallowing any other than really tiny capsules.