Almost everytime I eat and drink strange noises come out of my throat. I think it's my throat. I have to chew everything up to a fine mush in order not to feel like throwing up. But noises still come out. Maybe my band is too tight. What do you think?

i gurgle all the time. mostly while drinking though. it doesnt necessarily mean you are too tight.

if you were too tight, you wouldnt be able to eat or possibly even drink without PB'ing.

just a fact of life that i've learned to deal with.

Thank you so much. That makes me feel better. Thought something was wrong with my band. Although, my husband won't much like it. It makes me sounds like I'm possesed!!! :-)

lol... yeah, pretty much :tongue2:

Hahahaha, the gurgle! My friends always laugh at me about that.

Kim

just started gurgling and now have some pb's on solids..its been a week since my second fill AND I just started my TOM.

This isnt too tight even if I have to stick to softer foods?

This is my favorite subject. I am actually gurgling now drinking my protein shake. I have been banded for over a year and it doesnt go away. My friends and family still crack up when I do it. Its just something you have to get used to. I work in customer service so I have to hope one calls when I am drinking something cuz that means I have to hit the mute key real fast or they think im burping...haha.

Can you just imagine if we all had dinner together! Funny. Glad to hear I am not alone. Initially thought I was a mutant.

I have had lots of noises and weird sounds coming from my stomach and throat. I don't think it means you are too tight. It just means you are banded :smile2:

I think the gurgling is a sign that you are tight enough, not too tight. I kind of like it because it proves to me that the food is sitting there before going straight through the band! I waited a long time for restriction and am so happy to finally have it!

I started about a month ago with little tiny burps...all day long. I can just SEE it in my mind's eye....a bubble smaller than the size of a grape....it just bubbles to the surface and I feel it pop up into my throat. If I let myself do it, I could literally do tiny burps about every 20 seconds. Sometimes I forget myself and I let them "pop" and then I rembmer that it IS a burp and people can probably still hear it even though I have my mouth shut. Gotta watch that!:thumbup:

I seem to gurgle 24/7. It is the loudest after I eat or drink something, and is soooo embarrassing!! Someone told me the gurgling could be a symptom that my band has slipped....has anyone else heard this??

According to WLS for Dummies, the gurgling is gas and it's normal. Do you guys think that's true?

With good restriction it does sometimes bring gurgling. How much can you consume at once?

I gurgle if I eat yogurt, I think it just goes through the stoma slow, like sludge! Just drink or eat slower, that helped me.

My stomach makes lots of grumbling noises, all the time.

I can eat only very tiny amounts and verrrry slowwwwly. Last night I was only able to eat one chicken tender (1-2 oz?) and had to chew it very, very well, and then wasn't able to eat anything else. I have to drink slowly too....it takes me about 1 hour to get down 8 oz of water or a protein drink. What is amazing to me is that I rarely feel hungry and I'm losing weight (which I thought would never happen!). I was banded last Sept. 2007, and this is the first time I feel I have restriction and am only now losing weight (I've had about 5 fills since my surgery, and the last one FINALLY gave me restriction so I'm afraid to have an unfill. I can get down enough liquids so I'm not dehydrated, so I don't feel the need to get an unfill even though I know I'm probably a little too restricted. I just wish I wouldn't gurgle so much! My friend (who is also banded) told me her MD told her gurgling could be a sign my band has slipped, and I should get an esophogram. I was wondering if anyone else was ever told this. Also, if my band did slip, wouldn't there be other symptoms too?? What exactly are the symptoms of a slipped band???