I have been banded five months and have only recently found restriction. I am not losing a lot of weight, but that is a minor concern for me.

Fills have been hard for me to take. Even with fill number three I am only at 0.8 cc.

My restriction (finally) can be extremely variable and I wonder if it is restriction so much as increased spasm. I have a hard time consuming solids until two or three pm, but can eat most anything and lots of it after five. I am doing well with nutrition and am getting between 700 and 1100 calories per day. Most of those calories happen between five and eight pm.

I think about an unfill all morning, mere hours later I am wanting to increase my fill.

I am self-pay, I have a local-ish doc, but was wondering if anyone has found a way to relax the little bugger at home. It doesn't feel all that great when it gets going.

In searching LBT I found the people with spasms were nearly all freshly post-op. I can handle being rare as long as I can still succeed.

Ideas? Thank you all for your help.

One of the doctors I saw recommended warm chicken broth with fresh lime first thing in the morning. I've been trying it and it really does help. Good Luck.

My doc says nothing but protein shake for Breakfast. Are you able to consume anything?

Room temp protein shake starts the internal cha-cha. I drink a small cup of something warm, like tea, then I warm my shake a little in the micro or cut it with a little hot coffee.

I can do fluids with little trouble, and I am not hungry until the pouch relaxes either.

It is just a pain.

Thanks ladies for the quick responses!

I have been able to keep very, very little down. Protein shakes are iffy - I made a thinned down one this morning with apple juice and that stayed down, but with some difficulty. So far it I want something to stay down it has to be chicken broth. I can't begin to tell you how hungry I am.

Sorry Dasharoo. I am sure you are famished if you are still on the clear liquids, have you called your doc?

Is it the size of your swallows?

If I sip, I am golden. The first time I take a big swallow and I am hungry... it is an invitation for disaster.

Try this... take a small sip of warm shake, then do a short task. Come back and take a few more but keep them small. With any luck this should get the stoma used to the whole idea of eating all slow and friendly-like.

It works for me if I wait until the mid-afternoon.

Look at me... offering advice on my own "complications" thread... *blushes*

Oh yeah you can bet I sip and when I do try anything solid I chew, chew, even blend in the blender first -- no luck:cry

The doctor said it's an ulcer in my esophegus. So that's why I'm back on clear liquids. The Protein shakes do make me feel the most satisfied, but I have to be very careful and drink them very slow.

I've even been light headed, dizzy, disoriented etc. But I am doing better. The other hard thing for me is to drink much Water. :think

I'm just a mess, but I am sure it will pass --- won't it??:sick

Did the doctor say what caused the ulcer? The reason i ask is that tomorrow I am going for a scope, because I have a horrible throbbing pain where my band is.

I think it's either infection or something is up with my esophagus. But when I called I heard the receptionist say "We ahve had a lot of band people with ulcers in here lately"

No I don't think he would know what caused the ulcer, but it's probably a combination of things. I think I ate solids too soon (even though I followed my doctor's advice) started throwing up alot and then I was in that cirlce - can't eat much - try to eat - throw up - irriate esophegus - repeat.:sick

I'm so hungry I was caught hanging off the Outback advertisement at the airport licking the Awesome Bloosom picture.:omg: