Hi all. Man here. I got banded on 3/12 and had my first fill this past Monday with 3cc added. I had some initial restriction after I had the procedure but after a few weeks I noticed I was able to eat respectable amounts that weren’t going to allow me to lose any additional weight.

I can definitely tell I have more restriction now after my fill but I am having a hard time determining if what I am feeling is food getting stuck or if this is my “new full”. After I eat I notice it feels like food is backing up in my esophagus and my chest gets real tight…is this my new full?? This may be TMI but I even feel like I could probably bring the food up if I had to and being on the verge of throwing it up if I take another bite. If I take this as my queue to stop eating and once the food has time to “drain through the funnel” I find myself feeling hungry again pretty quick. I had a bowl of chicken noodle Soup for lunch today with a fat free pudding and felt very satisfied at the time but now I feel very hungry! Am I not eating enough? Do I need to try eating more at meal time but just more slowly? Am I not chewing thoroughly? I appreciate any feedback. Thanks.

Is the sensation of tightness in your chest extremely uncomfortable, or painful? About how much food are eating before this happens? These are all questions that you need to ask yourself. I know if I eat too much or too fast I get a feeling in my chest like no other , it hurts I can't breathe, it actually brings me to tears. Try eating a little less at meals and see what happens. Also make sure that you are chewing, chewing, chewing. I hope you figure out what is going on, because I know having food stuck is no walk in the park. Good luck

The exact feeling you stated is my signal to stop right then. I usually do not let myself get to the point of feeling the food back up. But it sounds to me that this is your new "FULL". Lets face it if it takes only a half a cup or so of food to get to feeling this way its reasonable to be hungry within a few hours.

Try eating a lot more protein at mealtime. This will keep you from being hungry so fast.

You are going to make that 200lbs! I saw your ticker and went WOWWWW!!! Congrats early to you because I have no doubt you will see 200lbs go bye bye!

Hi all. Man here. I got banded on 3/12 and had my first fill this past Monday with 3cc added. I had some initial restriction after I had the procedure but after a few weeks I noticed I was able to eat respectable amounts that weren’t going to allow me to lose any additional weight.

I can definitely tell I have more restriction now after my fill but I am having a hard time determining if what I am feeling is food getting stuck or if this is my “new full”. After I eat I notice it feels like food is backing up in my esophagus and my chest gets real tight…is this my new full?? This may be TMI but I even feel like I could probably bring the food up if I had to and being on the verge of throwing it up if I take another bite. If I take this as my queue to stop eating and once the food has time to “drain through the funnel” I find myself feeling hungry again pretty quick. I had a bowl of chicken noodle soup for lunch today with a fat free pudding and felt very satisfied at the time but now I feel very hungry! Am I not eating enough? Do I need to try eating more at meal time but just more slowly? Am I not chewing thoroughly? I appreciate any feedback. Thanks.

My doctor told me eating any kind of soup with broth is a big no no. He says the broth with the soup makes the soup itself pass right through the band and it doing this, you will not have the fullness feeling. However, I have found that Cream of Chicken is just as satisfying and keeps me full longer than trying to eat soup with broth. Try the cream of chicken and see how it goes. Also cream of brocolli is really good to. Just add a little bit of salt to it and it goes down easily and (as for myself) I have no problems with it getting stuck.

I also recently had my first fill on 03/23. I have experienced the same thing over the past couple of weeks. My suggestion to you is when you feel that feeling STOP eating right away. On Tuesday night at dinner I got that feeling and ignored it and had just one more small bite. Bad decision!!! From that point I was so uncomfortable for about 45 minutes, before I gave in and experienced my first PB. My experience is that I feel this feeling at about 5 - 6 oz's of food consumption. So now my new game plan is to only make my portion size 6 oz's and the moment I feel that feeling the rest of the meal goes in the fridge or in the trash. It is definately not worth it to take one bite more.

i had my surgery on the 31st of march, and i experienced what you described, the pain is intense, and like a 'lump' in my throat , broke out into a sweat,and ultimately it just came back up, and felt better immediately, i attribute it to not chewing my egg white carefully and eating too fast...not fun!!!!!!!