Just wondering if any of you ladies experience an increase in tightness of your bands during that time of the month? If so, how far in advance do you notice it? I started noticing a tightening effect about a week before. Now this morning I could barely get down my morning cup of coffee. How do your eating habits change during this time? Any feedback would be helpful

I have had 2 fills at this point. I do not have restriction yet and do not notice a difference in my band. I have not had a pb or had anything get stuck either. I do however become ravenous during my period. I get so hungry or maybe I just don't deal with my hunger as well. I also can gain up to 6 lbs during this time. Within 5 days of starting my period I will lose it all and then some. It is a bad time of month no two ways about it.

i experience a major tightness in my band when having my period. i can only do liquids and soup . i did just have a small unfill. im hoping it will make those days better. sometimes nothing would go down. so i had to make the adjustment.....

Yep, I definitely notice a difference, especially the past few months.

It can vary - sometimes its a few days prior (like 4 or so) - sometimes its same day (like today I started, and I can only get down soup, where I could eat steak last night lol).

Tomorrow I'll be super tight too, then the next day, I'll be able to eat a horse and will crave chips, chocolate and coke. The three deadly C's lol.

I eat like a horse the week before then the day I get my period I get so tight I'd pb everything until I realized that this is happening every month no matter how tight I am.

I definitely get tight at TOM. Lately my TOM has gotten irregular, and my last cycle was more than a week ago and I am still PGing. I think I may be heading into menopause and that's the cause of the irregular TOM, it stayed fairly regular durring the fist 8 months after banding, so I don't think the band is the cause. But it's been wierd this month, I only had 16 days between TOM and now my restriction has lasted over 10 day (usually only 2-3 days). I haven't had a fill since November, but I'm tighter than I've ever been.

Sue

I too have the ToM syndrome. I know it's coming, I try to pay attention to the tightness factor, but there is no rhyme or reason to how early or how long. I have finally gotten to the point where I recognize the tight feeling and just do Soups until the tightness passes.

I figure that is part of the band experience. The tightness doesn't last long, but it's fairly regular with the ToM. I hope this answers your questions.

Annette