I've been banded for about five years, and use a few methods to clear being stuck. I'm just curious if anyone else has something different.

Things I use:

I stand up and then bend over and touch my toes, I stay in that bent over position for 45 seconds to a minute. I do that a few times in a row.

Another thing I use it raise my arms above my head and hang from the door jam. Well not hang, but hold on to the top of the door jam and let me weight hang. This seems to stretch the band to clear the stink.

I've tried papaya pills, and never seen that help much.

Tried warm liquids before, and that just made it compress more.

As another long term bander... I also put my hands above my head and walk a bit to help a stuck band. I also lay on my left side on a heating pad if I

can. Hot tea can help ...or sometimes come back up. Haven't tried to touch toes but will keep it in my pocket.

My band is loose right now. Getting a small fill after some stressful things pass next month. Stress really affects my band.

Happy with the results... Long learning curve for me, but coming up on 10 years and the days are all better than mine were at 250 lbs +.

Nice to hear from other veterans

Thanks for the tips! Wish I knew this 2 weeks ago when I had Cobb salad get stuck while I was at Denny's. The trip to the restroom was no bueno [emoji20]

Banded since 2009. A big gulp of warm coke with some lemon juice will go down but will come right back up with whatever is stuck so be in bathroom. May take a time or two always works for me.

If you're truly stuck, then anything more you drink or eat has no where to go....I would go to the bathroom and start sipping water.....not very pleasant but it but it works instantly for me.

Even gone back and continued eating......