I too went for a band adjustment last thursday. Had 5 mls in my band and had on 3 occasions got something stuck, told doctor, but because i had only lost 800g he decided to put a full 1ml in. so that night had sushimi for dinner no problems, but however next day at work, i stupidly took a mouth full of hard boiled egg. which i had never had any problems with before, and there it was. STUCK!!!!!!! So after putting up with the pain, untill it was unbearable, and quite evident that this was not going to go down or through, i proceeded to remove the culprit, the only way i know. But that did not seem to relieve the uncomfortable feeling, and nothing would go down, Water, my own saliva, nothing.

So called the Dr and spoke to his nurse, she told me that he would be in at 2.30pm. this was at 9am my call, so i basically vomited, Pb gagged you name it all day untill i got into his office which was closer to 3pm by the time i saw him. I lost count of how many times it happened, it was a stinking hot day here in sydney over 40 out here and i had not kept any fluids down, or been able to get any through my band since 6am that morning. So any way Dr removed the full ml he had put in the night before. Did the water sipping every thing felt a little easier, the water went through. So off i went back home. Half way there in the car, I had to pull over the water i was drinking would not go through again. Any way to make a very long story short. i had to go back into office again where he then removed another 3 mls, so all up i had 4 mls removed last friday. I am now back down to 2 mls in my band with no restriction what so ever, but still to scared to eat too much as i feel somewhat traumatised from my over fill experience. I did go onto fluids for 3 days, then introduced mushies again for another day before i tried real food. So I hope i have not slipped my band. but to be honest i dont know how it could go through all that pounding it got that day, and still stand up to it. but here is hoping and praying. Any way good luck to all the fellow auguast bandsters, i hope you are all having great success. Jo.

bindi,

what's probably happened is that your experience with the egg has caused the area around your band to get irritated and swollen. You're probably finding that everything you eat now isn't going down because that area needs to subside a bit.

Try going to liquids for a few days - if Optifast is too thick, thin it down a bit, and sip very slowly. Also pineapply juice works absolute wonders for me whenever I get a stuck episode.

And I've definitely had episodes like the one you've experienced. No, it doesn't automatically mean your band has slipped. Just be very careful for a few days, and ease yourself very slowly back to solids over the course of the week.

If you experience any pain though, ask your Dr to check it out.

bindi, I don't think you slipped your band either.

Just be gentle with yourself for a time and go easy with any "hard" foods. Probably go easy when it comes time to re-fill.

Take care!

Bindi I'd say that first unfill you had just wasn't enough because you had really irritated your band.

the second unfill will have done the trick and you just need to take it easy to ensure that the swelling goes down. Think of it as being similar to when you first got the band and the swelling needed to go down.

Now if you are able to keep things down and are not getting the feeling of needing to vomit after eating something (or after a few minutes of eating something) I'd say you are ok.

But just take it easy. I know it is hard when you don't concentrate when you eat, I've had things happen too...hopefully you remember this experience and learn from it.