hello everyone!! I had a fill in May..just recently I have been experiencing not being able to eat solid foods..and when I do try I vomit. i have lost 50lbs so far and am sooo excited about this!! But this vomiting and that feeling of food being stuck is painful and embarrassing when I'm in public. I really don't want to have my band fill reversed because I am loosing weight..does anyone have any suggestions? Eggs are even difficult! Please help!!!:w00t:

hello everyone!! I had a fill in May..just recently I have been experiencing not being able to eat solid foods..and when I do try I vomit. i have lost 50lbs so far and am sooo excited about this!! But this vomiting and that feeling of food being stuck is painful and embarrassing when I'm in public. I really don't want to have my band fill reversed because I am loosing weight..does anyone have any suggestions? Eggs are even difficult! Please help!!!:w00t:

sweetie u really need to call your Dr. it could be a number of things your band might b to tight or it could have slipped anything could b wrong u dont wont to lose weight the wrong way u can get dehydrated or worse u didnt get the band to lose weight and b sick all the time the purpose of the band is to live a better life with food so pls call your dr asap and have them check it out!! Good luck

hello everyone!! I had a fill in May..just recently I have been experiencing not being able to eat solid foods..and when I do try I vomit. i have lost 50lbs so far and am sooo excited about this!! But this vomiting and that feeling of food being stuck is painful and embarrassing when I'm in public. I really don't want to have my band fill reversed because I am loosing weight..does anyone have any suggestions? eggs are even difficult! Please help!!!:w00t:

Seriously you need to call your doctor ASAP.

Until you get to see him I would just go on full liquids.

you do not want to keep throwing up you could damage your band.

Good luck and let us know how you are doing.

I fought with that for about 2 weeks--particularly because I was 10 weeks after a fill and couldn't believe that suddenly my band was too tight. I hoped it would go away after my TOM and that things would go back to the way they were. It didn't, and I was so hungry!

The reason I felt most compelled to respond to you, though, is because I didn't gain any weight after I was unfilled. My Physician's assistant took out just enough to maintain a good restriction, but enough that I could eat solid foods again. You should not be relying on your band to be the food police--that's where your responsibility comes in. You need to control your food intake and not rely on the band to do it for you. Eat in proper amounts and take in enough protein. You will continue to lose weight if you do this properly. I strongly recommend you make an appointment to get your band adjusted.

Call your doc right away. I haven't had a fill in 8 weeks and then I started having some stomach cramping (probably a stomach bug) and all of the sudden my band was so tight water felt like it was gettting stuck. I went in yesterday and he only did a small unfill, 1/4 cc. You can't imagine the relief. All of the sudden it felt like I could breath again even though I didn't realize I was feeling like that. In a couple of weeks when my stomach is completely back to normal I'll go back in and have the 1/4 cc put back in because this last fill was pretty close to where I need to be for a while. I was getting so frustrated because everything I tried to swallow caused pain. It's not worth it. Besides you can mess up your band. You don't want to have to have a surgical revision. Go in and have a small unfill. Loosing weight is great, but not if you are miserable.

Am I understanding correctly that you had a fill in May, and are just now in August having problems with vomitting? I would think if you are just having these problems after this long you definately should call the Dr. I had a fill 2 weeks ago, and ever since my fill, have had many times that I felt like my food gets stuck after just a few bites, then the sliming starts and I have to "throw up" to clear what is stuck out of my esophagus. Is it not different to "throw up"...food out of your stomach, or to "throw up", just clearing the food that hasn't made it to your stomach yet? I haven't called my doc yet, I just thought it's my first real restriction and I'm still needing to break old habits of eating too fast, not chewing enough, and taking too big of bites. Any thoughts?

Am I understanding correctly that you had a fill in May, and are just now in August having problems with vomitting? I would think if you are just having these problems after this long you definately should call the Dr. I had a fill 2 weeks ago, and ever since my fill, have had many times that I felt like my food gets stuck after just a few bites, then the sliming starts and I have to "throw up" to clear what is stuck out of my esophagus. Is it not different to "throw up"...food out of your stomach, or to "throw up", just clearing the food that hasn't made it to your stomach yet? I haven't called my doc yet, I just thought it's my first real restriction and I'm still needing to break old habits of eating too fast, not chewing enough, and taking too big of bites. Any thoughts?

I had an unfill after over 10 weeks. The first 8 weeks were great, but for whatever reason, I had issues after that. My surgeon said it's not all that unusual, but they don't know why it happens. I know my band is ok and working as I can now get more food down, but I still have decent restriction. He told me he has a patient who had an unfill after nearly 12 months of no problem eating. It is what it is..I'm just happy to not gain weight after having saline removed. That was my biggest worry....

My doctor said there are 3 types of tightness. Tightness to liquids, which is not good. Tightness to solids which is okay if you don't mind mushies and tightness to mushies which means you need a slight unfill. If you can live on a softer diet and lose its up to you to stay there. Personally speaking I like to consume 1-3 oz of solid protein and a little vegies to get full with PB. Typically takes me 20-30 minutes to do so. I am an expert in this matter as I have had over 20 fills and unfills in just over 2 years. There is a very fine line between being filled too much and not enough so you need to work with the band and your surgeon to find the balance. PM me if you want to chat more. I help a lot of people with fickle bands.b

hello everyone!! I had a fill in May..just recently I have been experiencing not being able to eat solid foods..and when I do try I vomit. i have lost 50lbs so far and am sooo excited about this!! But this vomiting and that feeling of food being stuck is painful and embarrassing when I'm in public. I really don't want to have my band fill reversed because I am loosing weight..does anyone have any suggestions? Eggs are even difficult! Please help!!!

I'm having the same problem. Has yours resolved ? I'm wondering if I'm just trying to eat too much now? What do you think?

my doctor told me to do warm liquids for 4 days..that sounds ridiculous!! However..I have found that if I drink warm liquids prior to eating it helps..but I am still vomiting..from my esophagus to clear the food that is stuck..what to do???

i am sorry. this does not sound fun.

I just posted about that very thing and my advice is to get a small unfill IMMEDIATELY! Whatever your doc put in at your last fill, get half of that taken out. For example, my last fill was 0.5ml which took me from really needing the fill to way too tight - 0.25ml taken out and I am one happy camper!

My doc says that struggling to live with a too tight fill and PBing/sliming regularly is the fastest way to a slip - don't do it! If you find that you get hungry easily again after the unfill - eat more lean meat and veges! You won't get fat on lean meat & veges but you will gain on icecream and cheesecake when that's all you can keep down.

Ok, so from what I'm reading it sounds like I need a slight unfill. I just got a fill yesterday, and today - I can keep liquids down! Last night I was fine. I'm wondering - is it just that its tighter in the morning, or is it I need half taken out?

Banded 2/04/08 and feeling great!

Ok, so from what I'm reading it sounds like I need a slight unfill. I just got a fill yesterday, and today - I can keep liquids down! Last night I was fine. I'm wondering - is it just that its tighter in the morning, or is it I need half taken out?

Banded 2/04/08 and feeling great!

Ok you can or can not keep liquids down.

And yes a lot of people are tighter in the morning.

In the mornings if you find you are very tight try drinking warm Water, hot coffee or tea to lossen you up a bit.

I get severe sweeling from fills so I have to do more then 2 days of liquids before I am able to eat. But everyone is different. Just listen to your body.

I personally would give it until tomorrow only if you can get liquids down.

But if you find that you can not tolerate liquids call and get some of your fill out. even .2 cc's can make a world of difference.

Let me know how you do.

Sorry about that - I can not keep liquids down. Drinking coffee now...so we'll see...will keep you posted. Thanks!

Banded 2/4/08 and feeling great!

My doc says you should be on liquids for a day or 2 after a fill anyway, then slowly reintroduce solid foods again. If you find that you can't get back to solid food within a week, get half the last fill taken out. I just spent 2 weeks (coz I was out of town and couldn't get to the doc after a week) in misery from being too tight and I will never let that happen again! Being too tight is NOT fun. Still, it's only the first day for you, so give it a few days and see how it goes. Liquids is normal for this time for you.