Hi, I was looking for anyone who has a unexplained tightness to the point of not being able to drink Water without it feeling like knives. I was wondering if this could be stress? coffee? Salt? lack of hydration (I am not very good at drinking water). The last time I had this happen I had some Fluid taken out and it worked for a few weeks. I don't want to take any more out or I won't have any in. :sad_smile:

Anyone have any suggestions on making the tightness go away naturally?

thanks for anyone's help. I have been banded 3 1/2 months

I'm going to say all of the above. Everything that you mentioned can cause tightness. The most common natural thing I have heard of is to drink something warm/hot before eating like tea or broth to prime the band. To be honest though, you might want to have them look at your band under fluro because water should never hurt going down. I hope that you are able to resolve this either way.

Thanksgiving night my son had a seizure ( avery very long seizure) he was life flighted to another hospital. Well the stress of that shut my band down tight. I couldn't eat, or drink for many hours. I finally got to drink about noon time that next day. I was still hydrated but barely.

So I know for sure stress... TOM does it too.

teri

The only time I feel realt tight restirction is in the morning. I have tea or coffee, something warm. Then a couple hours later I have breakfast.

Teri, hope your son is OK and you can breath again!

I've had quite a few episodes where factors affected the restriction of the band. Besides those mentioned, salt intake can also makes the band temporarily tighter as the stoma tissues swell with excess Fluid. Making sure you're drinking lots of Water will help keep excess sodium flushed out.

Brad

After what everyone else posted... if it still doesn't get better pretty soon, you should consider going to your doctor for a small unfill. Don't worry about 'not having any Fluid in the band'. The goal isn't to have a lot of fluid, the goal is to have the right amount (or non at all) to get you to comfortable restriction.

If Water hurts going down and it doesn't get better soon, see your doc, that's not normal or desireable. If it is stress-related tightness or something, you can always get a new fill later when things get less stressful.