OK.. i suffer from sinuses.. i have had unfills only to be filled again .. to be unfilled once again.. how do i know when it gets tight? reflux.. anyway i can untighten the band without getting a unfill? my dr told me mucinex, and Clear liquids.. i do this.. sometimes it works.. someimes it doesn;t.. Does anyone have suggestions. Please help.

The band can only be tightened and untightened through the level of saline. I get spring allergies and find my band tightens and I use a nasal spray prescribed by my doctor and an anti-histamine tablet f it gets really bad. No point in giving names as we have different ones in the UK.

The tightening is, as you obviously know, due either to Fluid retention in the tissue under the band swell or irritation caused by the mucus. So if you can treat those.........!

You are reminding me it's time to get the Neti Pot out....I want to try to stay ahead of spring allergies. This winter I had to have a tiny unfill due to sinus issues. I find I can keep a looser band by doing the occasional all-liquids thing -- just had a four-day juice fast recently, for liver cleansing purposes (and to force that scale down). It's all about the immune system, right (the sinus issues), so anything we can do to boost that. I may need a trip to Vitamin Shoppe. Zinc works really well for me.