I got a fill last Thursday so I am now at 8.5 in a 10cc band. The first day it felt a little tight and I called the office and they said to stay on liquids for 24 hrs. The next day I went in because I was having problems with Soup, and they wanted me to try solid foods and see how I tolerated that first. So I went home and ate a little and that went ok no problems. Last night I had some chili and shredded cheese and began throwing up, about 5 times. I tried eating just a popsicle after that and then threw that up. I woke up last night 2 times because I was choking on reflux. Has anyone had this experience? Could it just be that i'm really irritated and I need to just stay on liquids? I don't want to call the dr because he will take out a lot of my fill. I need advice....

Jen :thumbup:

If you can get liquids down, and you want to, just do liquids until Monday and see how you feel. It's possible you're just agitated from the fill.

Anytime my doc gives me a fill he feels will be fairly restrictive, he tells me to do liquids for 48 hours, then mushies for 48, then solids. You might try that.

How filled WERE you before the 8.5...where were you at? AND have you had a little trouble adjusting before now (that would indicate that you swell with a fill)

Something else...I don't know WHEN you ate the chili but now that I am pretty well restricted I know it's best if I leave AT LEAST 2 hours between "last food" and bed. Actually, 4 is better. The band is working properly to delay emptying into the rest of the stomach..but think logically. If you eat and it hasn't emptied and it still has food in it when you lie down, it's going to come back up. The stomach is still working at digesting your meal, some may still be IN The pouch, and things kind of, well, wash back up.

This isn't always the case but if you never had reflux before, you might look at when you ate vs when you went to bed.

Thank you for your advice, I really appreciate it. I finally just spoke to my doc after waiting all day and he said the same thing as long as I can tolerate liquids, wait until Monday to see if the swelling has gone down. I was at 8cc before I had this fill, and have never really had a problem before like this one. Hopefully it will resolve on its own without having anything taken out.

That's how restriction is...you don't have it then whammo! I hope you'll be fine and don't need an unfill; glad you asked your doc, and glad I didn't give you bad advice! (that's always nice to find out! LOL)

We can go weeks without food but only days without adequate water/liquid, just FYI. (in case it happens again) so if you can't drink, you need an unfill PRONTO. OTherwise, you can be a little more conservative, and have a wait and see attitude...as long as you don't try to live that way ingesting only liquid.