Hello, I got banded Nov 30th, 2007 and since then i have lost 36 lbs. 15 on my pre op diet and then 10 the first month and then a very slow 2 to 3 lbs a month since. i hardly notice i have a band in dispite having 3 or 4 large fills ( I can't remember exactly) I can eat anything and sometime i still do. for example yesterday i ate like 3 peices of Pizza for lunch. I don't think this is normal. Last time I had a fill the Dr. added 1 cc and i think it was suddenly to tight and had 1/2 cc taken back out and then i went back to eating with no restriction. I am thinking I overreacted to maybe a normal fill restriction? the problem was every bite i took, no matter how soft or hard, hurt. It felt like i had swollowed an icecube and it was forcing its way down. has anyone else felt this way? is it normal? should i get it filled somemore? I made an apt for tomorrow and now i am nervous. I really want to loose but there has to be a middle ground dosn't there? someone please give me some hope. lol

thanks

I can't speak from experience as I am new to this journey and I don't have restriction yet but I have read plenty and most people say they are tight for days after a fill, some doctor even require liquids for days after a fill (mine only 8 hours) then it begins to loosen up. Are you chewing well? My doctor says chew until almost liquified/pureed in my mouth before swallowing.

Good luck tomorrow! I would try again and see how it goes. Keep us informed.

i am right there with you. my last fill i was so tight that i couldn't swallow my own spit for 48 hours. i'm a little worried about this fill on saturday too. (i was banded oct 18 and i've lost 20 lbs.) i had some medical issues that i had to deal with since march though.

well last time i had the fill i kept it for over 6 weeks and it never went away. Now a part of me is thinking it was finally tight but not tight enough... that things were forcing themselves through and that maybe it if was just a little tighter they would sit in the smaller pouch for a longer amount of time and not hurt. Maybe this is crazy. lol

hmm well I am not banded yet but I know what they told me in the group meetings.. after a fill its liquids for 2 days then mushies for 2 days then soft food for 2. Also they told me that if I am having problems that its probably because I am not chewing good enough or Im taking too big of bites. So I dont know from experience but this is what I am being told at my pre op meetings :thumbs_down:

Just had my second fill now I have 6 1/2 cc's in my 12 cc band. Doc said liquids for 12 hours then soft foods only if I find I can't handle the solids.