I've had my band for 3 1/2 months and never had any real problems. One sliming incident, but no problems with any foods. Until now.

I had my third fill last Monday. Did liquids for two days and mushies for two days. No problems. Yesterday I ate oatmeal for Breakfast and some sushi for lunch. No problems. For dinner I tried some falafel (no bread). I was having a hard time getting it down, so I stopped. Ate a few corn chips with some hummus and some watermelon. Everything was fine.

Then I took two pills. Never had any problem taking them before, but I hadn't taken them since the last fill. They went right down. About a half an hour later, as I was folding laundry, I started to feel really dizzy and my face got hot. A minute later I was fine.

About an hour after this I had some Water, and it didn't go right down -- it kind of got hung up. I started to eat a sugar-free popsicle and it felt like it was getting stuck. A few minutes later I PBed up the melted popsicle.

I can keep down liquid today and small amounts of food, so everything seems fine. But what's the deal with not being able to hold down a popsicle? Could the pills have stayed in the upper pouch and blocked liquid from going down?

you may be a tad too tight and if you're like me, you may get tighter in a few days. take it easy with for a couple days (liquids/mushies) if you aggravated your stomach and if its not better maybe a slight unfill is needed

I had the exact same issue you had and it was because the pills were blocking the liquid from going through the stoma. I learned very quickly to use a pill cutter and I cut all pills to the size of a birth control pill or smaller. Anything bigger will get stuck. With each fill, the stoma gets smaller and smaller so please be careful.