I was banded on September 11, 2013. I had my first fill on November 7th. I had my second fill January 9th. It is January 17th and EVERY SINGLE DAY since my second fill I have been (almost) stuck!!!

Let me start by saying that my band is NOT too tight! I get my fills under fluro and that takes the guesswork out of it. THIS IS ALL MY FAULT!!!!!!!!

I own it. I am eating too quickly. My bites are probably a little too big. And as a result, I get stuck, kind of. It's not horrible like others have described, but it's enough to get my attention.

Before this second fill, my band was filled enough to keep me satisfied after eating but during the meals I didn't really have to pay much attention to what I was doing.

HOLY COW is it different now!!! And I'm not complaining! This is the way it is supposed to be....this is what I signed up for. I just got comfortable and complacent and now I am wide awake.

I am working on developing better habits so that I get the most out of my band. I refuse to be that patient who doesn't follow the rules and then tries to blame the band or the surgeon.

So I am putting it out there. I am taking ownership of my mistakes and publicly (sort of) making a commitment to change.

ok, that feels better now. Thanks for listening.

Many new lapbanders suffer from eating too fast and too big. Highly unlikely your band has slipped. When you do have a stuck episode it's wise to eat soft foods, liquids or soup to allow the pouch/esophagus to recover from being expanded. Expanding the pouch is uncomfortable and can cause some inflammation for a day or so.

Our stomas are very fickle. Many different issues can cause the band area(stoma) to shrink in size due to illness, sodium, TOM, inflammation from stuck episodes and so on. You will find this to be the case for many months to come. We just have to roll with the punch and adapt.

tmf

Thank you for the input. I am new at this and being filled now reality is really settling in. So I will be carefully and sipping on liquids for a day or so.