Hi. I'm new to the site. I got my band in Nov 2006. My last fill was March '07. I've been fairly tight and often debated going for a slight unfil - especially during TOM. The past couple months, I've been coughing up liquid (not usually acid or heartburn at all) but just liquid, by the mouthful every half hour or so during the night. Sleeping straight up in the recliner seems to help some. Anyway, last night while coughing hard, I coughed up a small amount of blood. I've got an appointment next Thursday to see my surgeon for slight unfil. Should I wait? Anybody have any ideas?

Thanks!

WahooMommy

Hi. I'm new to the site. I got my band in Nov 2006. My last fill was March '07. I've been fairly tight and often debated going for a slight unfil - especially during TOM. The past couple months, I've been coughing up liquid (not usually acid or heartburn at all) but just liquid, by the mouthful every half hour or so during the night. sleeping straight up in the recliner seems to help some. Anyway, last night while coughing hard, I coughed up a small amount of blood. I've got an appointment next Thursday to see my surgeon for slight unfil. Should I wait? Anybody have any ideas?

Thanks!

WahooMommy

No I would not wait at all. I am hoping you are not even finishing reading this. I hope you are grabbing your keys and getting to the doctor RIGHT NOW. This is not normal. I don't want to alarm you, but your doctor needs to see you right now.

I can't believe that you've gone for 14 months of being uncomfortable and having to sleep in a chair!!! I wish you would have come to this site a year ago--we would have told you to go to the doc then!!!!

Good luck to you....I hope everything is okay!

Don't wait! If you are coughing up blood, I agree, you need to go to the doctor now!!

Your band is likely too tight and you're getting reflux at night - I get that if I eat too close to bed time, and have to sleep propped up. It's not normal to have to sleep in a chair, honey...please go to the doctor immediately!

I wouldnt wait another moment to see a doctor. You could be causing yourself serious harm by waiting it out. You may have already waited too long.

Thanks so much for the feedback. I was able to get in for a slight unfill yesterday, and thank God I'm fine. I had it in my head that a tight fill would help me lose faster, but I'd only lost 15 pounds in that 14 months. I slept like a rock last night - not one cough! I'm just hoping that my little unfill will allow me to eat more solid proteins and get caught up on sleep so that I can lose my remaining 40 pounds!

Thanks again - you guys are great!

:)whm:smile:

Thanks so much for the feedback. I was able to get in for a slight unfill yesterday, and thank God I'm fine. I had it in my head that a tight fill would help me lose faster, but I'd only lost 15 pounds in that 14 months. I slept like a rock last night - not one cough! I'm just hoping that my little unfill will allow me to eat more solid Proteins and get caught up on sleep so that I can lose my remaining 40 pounds!

Thanks again - you guys are great!

:)whm:smile:

Thank goodness...I seriously worried about you all day yesterday. NO being too tight will not lead to faster weightloss...It will lead to all sorts of problems though. My bet is after an initial bit of weight gain (1-3 pounds) of your body getting back to its proper nutritional state that they weight will start coming off if you can eat the solid proteins and veggies. Please do not hesitate to PM me if you ever need to chat or get suggestions.

So glad you are feeling better. Welcome to the life that a bandster SHOULD be living! You had to have thought banded life was hell!

I read on obesityhelp.com that coughing up blood (actually vomiting blood) can be a sign of band erosion into the stomach. That doesn't sound like that's what it was for you, though, thank goodness. I just offer this information up for reference