If you've read any of my other posts, you know I'm having all kinds of complications.

However, I was wondering, has anyone ever experienced any tightness after flying on an airplane?

I think I read a post were someone else had commented on having similar problem post flight I dont remember what they said I'd do a search for flight or flying.

Yes, flying for me does make me tight, very tight!!!!

This was discussed in the thread about unfilling for vacation.

The aircraft is pressurized so that the passengers are comfortable, unfortunatly it is the same pressure as being at 16,000 feet above Sea Level. This can change the pressure you feel on your band.

I suggest that you do not eat much before the flight so that there is room for everything to move.

Good luck

Dave

I experience additional tightness when I fly. I also get it when there's a storm coming. So between my band and my sinuses, I'm a human barometer : )

My radiologist will not do a fill on me 2 weeks before Im due to fly. Cos she say my band will tighten up.

Me! I went on vacation a few weeks ago and could barely eat for two days after we got there. It sucked because we were at an all-inclusive, so it was mostly buffet, which means all the meat is a bit over done. It was difficult to find appropriate choices that wouldn't cause me problems. A small price to pay for spending a week in the Bahamas though, right? :eek:

Yep, I just got home from a vacation where I had a 6 hour flight and I have no fill yet..but I felt like I did! Not a bad thing because I actually lost weight.

Hi Vanessa and all,

I live in northern maine, but had both bandings as well as all subsequent fills in Houston.

I fly down to Houston Texas from Maine each month.

I have never had a problem with flying and tightness. My surgeon has never had a problem filling me knowing i was flying out the next day. He prefers me stay two days so i will know if ill be too tight or not in time to adjust it, and i do.

but i gotta tell you...ive never had a problem with tightness on flight, home after flight or anything surrounding the flights.

I've been flying alot lately and NEVER had a problem with tightness and this is with a slipped band that I have now. I guess everyone's body is different. But if you're nervous, just have a protein shake before you go on a plane and keep it light for the rest of the day.

I had flown for business twice with the band with no noticeable effects; however, I flew once more recently after my band was tightened (several fills), and I learned the hard way not to eat anything before the flight! It did tighten up considerably. Next time, I will stick to liquids before, during, and for a day after the flight just to be sure.

If you've read any of my other posts, you know I'm having all kinds of complications.

However, I was wondering, has anyone ever experienced any tightness after flying on an airplane?

Please read my thread here.....

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f78/vacation-lap-band-flying-21102/

Yep, me! I'm always tighter after flying for about two to three days.

I also get tighter if I go to a high elevation.

About a month after my first fill I flew to Colorado Springs. That was a miserable week.