I lost restriction for about a week. I blame it on PMS, but TOM is still not here and today restriction is back. What the hay?

I JUST WANT RESTRICTION!!!!!! Two fills and no restriction! Grrr!! I've heard a lot of people say that their restriction comes and goes. I wonder if it's just like all other bodily tissues that at times have inflammation??

I was so disappointed after surgery and my first fill which was 4cc's in a AP standard band and I had absolutely NO restriction. I called and went back two weeks later, yesterday...and now I know what it feels like to have restriction. Talk to your doctor about what is going on and see if its safe to be more aggressive with your fills. Some ppl need alot more in their band than others and the size of their stomach sometimes makes a difference too. Good luck

The Band is a fickle bitch....and our soft tissues have their own fickle moments.....

Today I got the mild slimes from eating an apple!!!

Same thing happened to me last night. :smile:

Yes, restriction is fickle. It comes and goes when it feels like it. I never know when mine will hit. It is notorious to get real tight when I'm due for a fill, so I cancel my appointment, and a week later I could eat a buffalo!! Damn thing drives me nuts, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

My restriction comes and goes too...not associated with TOM or anything else either. Sometimes it is related to work stress, and I've discovered, my mood.

Me too!! It comes and goes I'm sure it's tied in with my emotions but now I'm at the point when I know before I eat if I'm going to struggle or be able to eat a buffalo as someone said before LOL!

Sometimes I can't eat until the evening sometimes the restriction is in the evening. My band has PMS LOL!!

I didn't really know what restriction was like until my 4th fill. I don't know if that was the sweet spot or not but I did know that it made eating an unpleasant experience. I got my 4th fill 2 weeks ago and it seems to have loosened somewhat in the past few days. Although I still get hungry every 2 to 3 hours, when I do eat, I stop eating after about 4 ounces of solid food because anymore makes it uncomfortable. I don't necessarily feel satieted, just uncomfortable.

The Band is a fickle bitch....and our soft tissues have their own fickle moments.....

Today I got the mild slimes from eating an apple!!!

I envy you. I love apples and I haven't been able to eat one in the 12 years since I had my band put in. They just sit in my stomach and make me feel awful.

I have a 10cc band and it took 3 or 4 months for me to get TRUE restriction. I got soooo discourged, I thought I wouldnt be hungry, and could not eat alot at the begining.. boy was I wrong.

Now a year and a half later,,,, the restriction is so fickle... I just never know,,, tight one day,, lose the next... Like others have stated before, I REALLY notice a change as stress and emotions change.. sucks.. but... this is my new way of life.

I WOULD NOT CHANGE IT.

Lois

LOL!!! Not laughing at you but rather WITH YOU! I blame mine every month on my cycle too there are 2 days of eating eating and eating what I want!!! Then the next day I have heck to pay! Yes I agree "bandie" she has PMS too and when she teams up with hunger and they become friends well she lets em all come through...I won't call her a b*tch but she can be one at times LOL!!!!