for the past 7 months, i've considered myself lucky. i had one sliming episode right after surgery and then was feeling fine, dropping weight and feeling restricted. then this past weekend, something strange happened.

i had a decent dinner -- a few ounces of swordfish, some whole wheat Pasta and string Beans -- at about 7:30p. the portions were a bit larger than normal, but nothing outrageous. i went to sleep around 12:30, still feeling a little full, but not exactly stuffed. then i woke up at 3:30 and felt a tightness in my chest; the kind of tightness that i recognize as my signal for feeling full. i got up, drank a sip of Water and within 10 minutes, i was having a bad sliming episode accompanied by some heaving. it continued off and on throughout the night until about 7:30 when i actually belched a bit and felt something pass.

has anyone else ever had a similar experience and slimed so long after eating? have been wondering if this had anything to do with my band or if i just had some food poisoning.

Sorry, new here, what is sliming?

Just wondering so as you get answers to your question I can learn

Thanks!!

I was told not to eat pasta at all as it swells up once in your pouch and can stretch your pouch. Maybe in your case the pasta swelled up a while after you ate and that is what gave you that over full feeling? They told me bread and rice will do the same thing.

The fact that you belched makes me think that you had some trapped gas. Sometimes the gas will form a bubble. That's what it sounds like to me. Swordfish tends to be a more dense fish, and probably got you a bit stuck. When the gas built up, and couldn't pass because of the fish, you got the sliming effect. Excess gas feels like I'm stuck sometimes, but once I get a few really good burps in, I'm fine.

Going to bed feeling full usually has me having some weirdness. I try not to eat anything after 7pm. I really shoot for my last food at 6. It's a big deal because I used to be a late night/middle of the night eater.

Wow, I hadn't even thought about how I used to get up and eat in the middle of the night...many changes have happened since March of 07!

thanks all... i'm still not 100% sure what caused my middle of the night sliming episode. but i am feeling better. since the weekend, i have noticed that i'm much tighter than i've been at any point since my last fill (about a month ago). the odd upshot here is that i'm eating much smaller portions which in turn forces me to be careful about what goes in my gob and what order i put them in! e.g., Protein first, carbs second, Water an hour or so later.

since i'm not experiencing any reflux (a symptom of a band slip), i'm not too worried about the weekend episode. am just chalking it up to my band wanting to have a conversation with me.

Going to bed feeling full usually has me having some weirdness. I try not to eat anything after 7pm. I really shoot for my last food at 6. It's a big deal because I used to be a late night/middle of the night eater.

Wow, I hadn't even thought about how I used to get up and eat in the middle of the night...many changes have happened since March of 07!

juli... just a shout out to you and your ticker. damn, girl. you're seriously working that band. i'm thoroughly impressed and inspired.