What does your restriction feel like and where do you feel it? Mine is all under my ribs...like a to tight bra. Others say that it is in their chest and feels like a golf ball, so I guess we all feel something different. Now I'm wondering if I have restriction or just need a bigger bra! What do you feel and where??:thumbup:

I would say it is just below my breasts (where my stomach is). Just a pressure feeling. I don't really feel it in my chest unless I have overdone it or gotten stuck.

I feel it all in my chest, like trying to swallow a golf ball. The feeling is worse in the morning, slight at lunch and gone by dinner.

Pressure in the juncture just below my breasts. However, restriction if I overeat is also a big pain in my neck, literally :0)

OK....so maybe it's not my bra!! :biggrin2: I just thought we would all feel the same thing with the band. This is most enlightening!

would it be safe to assume where you get restriction depends on where your incisions are? I feel restriction in my right lower cage area close to where the port is. I am guessing those of you who feel pain around your bra area have higher incisions. Am I right?

My incisions are all below my ribs so I'm not sure how that works out.

skinnyoneday, I wouldn't think that restriction has much to do with incision locations or your port. Restriction is made by the tightness of the band so the restriction should be felt somewhere between your mouth and the band. It is usually felt near the stomach or up further somewhere in the esaphagus. The top of your stomach, where the band is placed is below your left breast. If you are feeling something lower or to the right of the stomach then it probably doesn't have anything to do with restriction because at that location the food has already passed through the band. What you are feeling may be related to digestion, maybe your gallbladder or or maybe healing in your port. My port is just above and to the right of my belly button which is where the intestines are.

Edited August 20, 200818 yr by Jodi_620

Mine is more like the golf ball in the chest area. I got my first fill yesterday and wasn't really sure that's what it was until after the fill. Then it all made sense to me.

skinnyoneday, I wouldn't think that restriction has much to do with incision locations or your port. Restriction is made by the tightness of the band so the restriction should be felt somewhere between your mouth and the band. It is usually felt near the stomach or up further somewhere in the esaphagus. The top of your stomach, where the band is placed is below your left breast. If you are feeling something lower or to the right of the stomach then it probably doesn't have anything to do with restriction because at that location the food has already passed through the band. What you are feeling may be related to digestion, maybe your gallbladder or or maybe healing in your port. My port is just above and to the right of my belly button which is where the intestines are.

Thanks for the explanation, Jodi. I guess I just always assumed when I got that feeling it was was my body telling me to put down the fork. Either way, I'll take that as a good thing.

Restriction is a pressure or dull ache in my left rib cage area when I've had enough to eat. It can be hiccups if I need to quit eating. When I get stuck, which is totally different than restricition, It feels like a flaming golf ball in the middle of my chest between my boobs. I don't get stuck very often, and rarely if ever PB. But the restriction is always there, reminding me not to overeat.

I got my first fill on 8/19 and still have no restriction so I don't know what that feels like. I have had a very mild "stuck" feeling but it passes within seconds so I have no desire to let that happen. This has only happened when I ate too fast (didn't chew very well). Sometimes I forget I have the band but if I don't chew my food well enough, it reminds me very quickly.

Restriction is a pressure or dull ache in my left rib cage area when I've had enough to eat. It can be hiccups if I need to quit eating. When I get stuck, which is totally different than restricition, It feels like a flaming golf ball in the middle of my chest between my boobs. I don't get stuck very often, and rarely if ever PB. But the restriction is always there, reminding me not to overeat.

Aubrie, I am so glad to hear someone else say it -- Lately, when I have had enough or am bordering on maybe one bite too many, I have started getting the hiccups. I'll hiccup and look at my husband and say, guess it's time to put down the fork! I also have the same feeling when I get stuck ...not fun!

S. Missy: I think there are quite a few people that experience hiccups when they are full. Hiccups are an early warning sign for me. If I eat one more bite once I start hiccupping, I get stuck. So I'm thankful for that. My DH will even take my plate and scrape it off for me. After 9 months, he knows when it's time for me to stop. He hates for me to be miserable and uncomfortable. He's been so good through all this, and is my biggest supporter. A constant source of encouragement.....

You gotta good man there, aubrie!

Sue...I don't "feel" anything unless I'm eating.

In the morning I can eat about two small bites of eggs or slowly sip at most of a Carnation Instant Breakfast and feel full until lunch.

For lunch I can usually eat 3 or 4 bites of something and feel full until dinner. Dinner I can eat about 1/8th to 1/4 of what I ate prior to banding. But, if the hiccups come I'd better stop. Sometimes I get in one or two bites too many BEFORE the hiccups and I'm in trouble. (Its about 'pacing' with me.)

I pray. Rest my forearm on top of my head, sort of stretching one side out -- don't know why, but it often helps. If I don't start to feel better soon, I usually excuse myself to the restroom "just in case".

I've never hiccuped since I was banded but I've eaten a lot a couple of times. I don't have any restriction yet, even with my first fill earlier this week so when I do start gettting some restriction, will I hiccup, too? That sure sounds better than unexpected PBing or throwing up.