I had a fill yesterday and, while Water or Gatorade goes down just fine, anything thicker (tomato Soup or Slimfast) comes back up withing 15 minutes. Has anyone had a reaction to a fill like this?

I had my first fill (2cc, which is half way) in October and finally found a doc in my area to do another fill. He put in 1cc, which turned out to be way too much; I couldn't swllow my own saliva!. He then unfilled .5cc, which allowed me to get liquid down just fine. I ate soft foods that same evening and all seemed well, but that night I woke up in the middle of the night and was thirsty. So I grabbed a bottle of water and chugged, completely forgetting, because I was half asleep, that I had a band, and ended up vomiting the water back up.

The next day I couldn't get anything down again. I waited to see if it was just some residual swelling, but after 2 days with nothing to eat and hardly any liquid, I went back to the fill doc. He completely unfilled me and gave me steroids to get the swelling down, and in a week I was back to square one.

Yesterday, I had a fill of 2.1 cc's. Water, as I said, goes down just fine. Last night I took a few sips of tomato soup and, while it went through the band just fine, when it hit my stomache below the band, it came back up...not a violent wretching, but like a soft PB, but with all the other reactions of vomiting (momentary chills, watering eyes, etc). I didn't try anything else last night, went to bed, and this morning drank a bottle of water. Again, no problems with the water. So I tried a few sips of Slimfast...back to the vomiting.

So has anyone had a similar experience? Should I be very concerned about the vomiting?

Are you taking paracetamol after your fills for 3 days. This helps the swelling.

I was filled too tight on one my fills and I had the same symptons. I would call my doctor back. I was sick for 2 weeks and when I went back to my dr. he said I was dehydrated. Turned out if I would have waited a couple of more days I would have been in the hospital. My nutrition says that when this happens it never gets better. Hope you feel better soon.

Dieta