Do I have restriction???

ebar822 · March 26, 2008

Hey everyone,

It's been a while since I've been on here. I was banded on 12/20/07 and am currently down 48 pounds...and I feel good but I still just don't feel like I have restriction.

Please tell me what I'm going through is normal!

Until my last fill, I hadn't had one PB episode...then I got the fill and ate a piece of chicken too fast and finally learned what that horrible term actually meant.

Since then, I have noticed that if I eat something too quickly, or if I don't chew it enough, then I have a similar episode...BUT...I can pretty much eat anything else in any quantity I want as long as I eat slowly and chew.

I know that I should just stop when I'm full and most of the time I do, but the thing is that I just don't get what restriction is...all I know is that I can feel everything passing down, and so therefore I can keep continuing to eat...unless of course I eat something too fast and it gets stuck. What does this mean? Does anyone else have a similar story?

julieh · March 26, 2008

I feel the same way!!! I was banded on December 17, 2007 and have had one fill on February 15, 2008. I have lost 50 lbs and continue to lose 1-2 lbs a week. I can also eat about anything I want. The only thing I have a problem with is bread or dry meat. Then if I eat it too fast or if the meat is too dry, I get that same horrible stuck feeling.

However, as I am eating, I listen to my body and when I start to feel full, I burp alot. When I start burping, I know I need to stop eating because if I don't it really hurts.

Even though I can just about eat everything, I am still eating alot less than I wasa before my surgery. It seems like during the daytime I have more restriction and at night time I have a little less. Does this happen to anyone else?

I was going to get another fill, but I figure as long as I am losing at the rate I am, and am able to take my pills and eat a variety of food, I will wait until I have absolutley no restriction.

Hope this helps!!!!

catcalico · March 27, 2008

I wonder about that, too. I have had 2 fills and if I eat too fast, I get that stuck feeling, but aside from that, there is not a food I can't eat. I am going back to the Doctor in 2 weeks and wonder if I should get another fill. Does godd restriction mean not being able to eat things like bread?

Jennie1976 · March 27, 2008

Hi!

I have good restriction right now. While I CAN eat anything, with bread or other things like that, I can only eat two or three bites before PBing. With everything else, I can only eat about five to seven bites (depending on the time of day).

I hope that helps!