Okay this may seem like a silly little question but I had my 2nd fill on Thursday (Oct. 5th). Since that fill I have felt every little thing go through my pouch and it hurts. food is not neccessarily getting stuck, it's still going through but it hurts.

I am wondering if I may need more fill so that the food stays in the pouch and digests a bit before leaving. I have not PB'd.

Hi - when you say it hurts, is it intense pain, or more "discomfort"? If it's intense pain, then please call your doctor. If it's discomfort/mild pain, then that sounds like what I get when I eat dry, solid food, e.g. roast chicken, ever since I had my last fill about a month ago. When I swallow, it feels like the food is rubbing on tissue as it passes through the narrow opening of the lap band. It feels like my tissues are being a little irritated. It's gotten less over the past few weeks.

I've just assumed this is normal, but never asked...

Julie

It's more discomfort than anything. It's not horrid paid. Only when the food gets stuck for any amount of time. But it is mainly with dry food. I just started on this fill process and had planned on getting another because I can still eat more than they recommend....

I just had my first fill 10/6, and can say that if I eat one more little tiny thing than the soft stop tells me to (my eyes are bigger than my stomach - LOL) I get that feeling...also - if I eat just about anything beef...get that flaming golfball from hell in the middle of my breastbone...