I currently have a new sleeve, but I am asking all of the Lap-banders for some information for my mom. She had Lap-band a little over a year ago. I never worried about her until after I had my surgery, and now I feel like something just may not be right with her. We got out to eat often, and she seems to get stuck more then she is actually able to eat. I am only 6 weeks post op and I can get down more then she can most days. She had to go throw up several times, and she always asks for a glass of hot Water to try and open up her band. I can really only remember a handful of times that she was actually able to eat more then a bite or two. I don't even know why she tries to go out to eat anymore. Her band did slip about 6 months ago but luckily it did go back in place and since then she said it's been more strict about what will go down. It seems like such a sad way to live to me. She maybe gets twice a week where she can actually get down 2 meals on that day. The other 5 days she Snacks of nuts, deli meat, cheese, and her Protein shakes. Can anyone tell me if this is normal? I have expressed to her that I think she should have this looked into more but she insists that this just what some people who have had lap-band go through.

Edited August 27, 201510 yr by Vad1988

I currently have a new sleeve, but I am asking all of the Lap-banders for some information for my mom. She had Lap-band a little over a year ago. I never worried about her until after I had my surgery, and now I feel like something just may not be right with her. We got out to eat often, and she seems to get stuck more then she is actually able to eat. I am only 6 weeks post op and I can get down more then she can most days. She had to go throw up several times, and she always asks for a glass of hot Water to try and open up her band. I can really only remember a handful of times that she was actually able to eat more then a bite or two. I don't even know why she tries to go out to eat anymore. Her band did slip about 6 months ago but luckily it did go back in place and since then she said it's been more strict about what will go down. It seems like such a sad way to live to me. She maybe gets twice a week where she can actually get down 2 meals on that day. The other 5 days she Snacks of nuts, deli meat, cheese, and her Protein shakes. Can anyone tell me if this is normal? I have expressed to her that I think she should have this looked into more but she insists that this just what some people who have had lap-band go through.

Nope. It's not normal. Your mom needs to get to her surgeon to find out if she has had another slip or if she is too tight. The only thing I'm wondering about though, is the nuts. Everything else she's eating is soft foods...but nuts can, and do get stuck if they're not chewed really really well.

You should insist that she go to the doctor to find out what's going on.