i was banded on dec 26th i have been eating mushy foods since january 8. i feel full quicker but not much restriction. if i eat to much i get a pain in my shoulder and that is how i know to stop. do you think something is wrong. or is it that i don't have a fill yet?

Many banded people get a stop signal. Sounds like yours is shoulder pain. I have heard of it before, it is guessed to be a relationship with the diaphram, so it makes a similar pain to the gas following surgery.

Personally, I am one of the ones who gets a runny nose when it is time for me to quit eating. I hear that it is part of the same system that causes you to slime when you get food stuck. That the body is begining to produce excess mucus, because I am full. I do know if I continue to eat after getting the runny nose, I will either cause myself serious pain (only did that once!) or get the hiccups---and have hell getting over them!

Different people get different signals, some soft, some hard---and some have no signal of fullness at all!!!

Pay attention, to how it feels, and try to stop before the pain hits. I have learned if I feel it, I don't even swallow the bite I have in my mouth, I quietly get rid of it into a napkin....it is telling me I am full for a reason!!!

Good Luck---and welcome to bandland!!!

Kat

Hi RRM,

I had my LB the same day you did and I'm still in the mushy phase. I do get a pain in my shoulder blade and according to my doctor it is normal. To my knowledge, it doesn't not relate to the fill. I wouldn't think there is something wrong but given we are all different and all have different experiences, I would recommend to call your doctor and raise the question.

Good luck and keep us posted.