I had a fill the other day and in the office liquids were going down at a good flow - it did not appear to be too tight. After getting home though I feel like everything is tighter - is this just the tissue around the band reacting to the fill? I don't think I have anything stuck because I still feel Fluid passing through the band but extremely slow. Has this happened to anyone else? Will it just relax after a few days?

Michelle

Banded 6/3/08 by Dr. Neal in Olympia, WA

Maybe you're a bit swollen from the fill.

I can leave a fill appointment and go straight out to lunch and eat. DH has to baby his through with a day or two of liquids and mushies. Perhaps that applies to you too.

The thing is, with a fill, if its tight but you can still drink liquids and eat fairly well, then in all probability, you will loose weight and it will loosen off. And you also adjust at each stage along the way to what you can eat and how fast you can eat it. But it still is a shock when your ability changes in one single day.

I think if you feel any side effects like reflux/heartburn, night coughing, difficulty getting liquids down or pbing and sliming that cant be honestly attributed to eating a bit too fast or just learning that you cant eat this or that now, then if it were me I'd take a tad back out. YOu dont need to live in discomfort to lose weight. But if its just really tight and you have no other problems, then you can probably afford to stick it out, enjoy the weight loss and enjoy the inevetible relief when it loosens. Which could as you say be in a few days time when the swelling (if any) goes down.

Its really up to you and what you can tolerate.

Yes, I have had that problem since my last fill on Halloween, October 31, 2008.

I saw my doctor last Friday and she said she wants me to see her again in two weeks to see if I need another fill. I have been having problems keeping food down despite the fact that I eat slow, chew, chew and chew and eat very small amounts.

Hopefully, with a few more pounds gone, I will be ready for a fill when I see her next week. I have heard some people need to be "un-filled." Maybe you need to consider that? I have been considering that but I lost 7 pounds in 5 weeks and having a tighter fill makes that possible. Its a fine line between being tight and loose. Its called the "sweet spot." I guess that is where we want to be able to lose weight and still be able to eat.

hey all,whats the reason u have to be on liquids after a fill?and mushies 2 days?would it hurt if u ate reg food after?

I really don't know but I'm guessing that perhaps its because that area gets a bit irritated with the added restriction with the added Fluid into the band.

I usually go on liquids the first day and I'm back to regular eating but smaller amounts the next day (depending on the amount of fill). I know when I had my bad un-filled by 1 cc I could drink and eat more right away.