I had my 4th fill on monday evening and had 1ml more (1cc) put in my 10ml band. I now have 7ml in there as 6ml gave me hardly any restriction. (I could eat anything with a glass of water). I was quite tight when drinking the Water at the clinic whilst he was adjusting the Fluid in it. I know that the tightness wears off a week or so after the fill so wanted it noticably tighter to begin with.

Eek, now I think I'm too tight and to top it off, I think I'm getting a cold too so that will make it tighter anyway! I only managed a teeny amount on tuesday. Half a scrambled egg in the evening and I couldn't even drink water til 3pm. Today I forced half a cup of tea down this morning but it was cold by the time I got half way. And have managed a small amount of mashed potato and some baked Beans for lunch and a bit more 2 hours later. I am producing a load of sticky mucus instead of saliva and have twice had to spit this out after eating.:thumbup:

Please help, does this sound normal and that my fill will relax a bit in the next couple of weeks? Or, do you think it is too tight?:thumbs_up:

HELP!

Gill, uk

Edited January 8, 200917 yr by Gill27UK
Please Please HELP!

You sound super tight. I would go to liquids only for a couple of days. If that does not help then I would get back to the doc asap.

I was that way with my first fill only I could not even swallow my own saliva.

You sound super tight. I would go to liquids only for a couple of days. If that does not help then I would get back to the doc asap.

I was that way with my first fill only I could not even swallow my own saliva.

With your first fill did you wait it out or go in to get unfilled?

Yikes...that scares me, im due for a fill in a couple of weeks and i also have 6cc right now in a 10cc band. I dont know how much I need, somedays I can eat way more than a cup of food, other days I can only eat a few bites before i'm full so it's really really hard for me to gage how much of a fill if any that I need because it just depends on the day. I have been losing weight slowly. I'm just scared to get too tight as well and get more restriction than i wished for.

don't worry about it , ur band will relax in a couple of weeks, I've got mucus too, so this is normal.

So then after every fill it eventually gets loose? So should you be tight at a fill?

oh lord me too,I had 6.1 cc's in a 10cc VG, today he took me to 8cc's and boy am I tight.I can get liquids down fine if I go slow but tried some lunch had two bites of chicken a bite of slaw and a bite of potato salad and had to PB thick with mucus,got it back out.I think I will just stay with liquids a few days and see if it will losing up a bit because man this is tight.

This is very normal...this has always happened to me after a fill...very tight...you are able to get a little bit of food down and that's great. This is the way I preferred it....like everyone else said, if it doesn't loosen up in the next week or two...go back....but please make sure you are hydrated and if you can't keep liquids down, then go asap. Some peoples tolerance levels as to the amount of restriction is very different....so if you are totally uncomfortable and can't see waiting for it to loosen, call your doctor. Good luck!!