Hi. last Monday, 4/6 I had another .3 cc's put in, bringing me up to almost 6 cc's in my band (I've been banded for about a year).

Well, a few days later (Wednesday) after I couldn't even swallow any Water, I realized it was too tight and irritated, and got .2 cc's removed, which helped for the rest of that day.

Now, every morning I wake up to my stoma being so swelled that even water has a hard time passing through. I find that the irritation goes away by the afternoon, and I'm able to drink Protein drinks or mushy stuff, but then the process repeats itself and the next morning it's back to being irritated again. I've been taking a pepcid in the morning and at night per my PA's direction, but it doesn't seem to help.

Has anyone had that problem? My doctor unfortunately is about 1 1/2 hours away, so it's not like I can just "pop" into his office, either. Thank you!

I'm a little too tight right now but I've had the challenge of morning tightness from the biginning. I understand that women have it much more often than men. I can eat at night only. Protein drinks and soups are the stuff of most days. Now, being very tight, I can not eat much at all and I'm torn....I'm losing weight very quickly, but I ache and throw up too easily. I'm back at the surgeon for a check in a couple of weeks, so I'll ask. It's a thin line between sweet spot and too tight.