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Is this normal after 1st fill or is too tight

I've had my first fill this week and I don't know really what I should be feeling as far as tightness. I feel the tightness even when I drink Water. I can get it down but that feeling is there and eating has not been that easy. I can get the food down, but usually it get stuck and it takes me a few minutes for it to pass. It's not at the point of it coming up, but it hurts till it does down.

Is this the way it's suppose to be for the restriction? I don't know what to expect. I don't want to call if this is normal. Any suggestions on eating. I'm trying not to take big bites and chew but maybe I'm eating too fast. I just don't know what I'm doing to not have this happen.

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That sounds a bit tight - eating should feel OK unless you eat too fast or dont chew enough, it shouldnt feel awful going down every single mouthful.

BUT - there's a few things. Youv'e only just had the fill, it may loosen, and it probably will anyway with further weight loss. If you're not severely restricted on what you can eat (no going back to a liquid or mushie diet!) then you may want to ride it out. But dont allow yourself to pb all the time either, if you cant manage the restriction, have some out.

You do need to relearn how to eat with a fill a lot of the time too, each little bit more restriction enforces a few more of those rules. I could drink with meals for the longest time, now it causes me a lot of discomfort.

But if you're really struggling to eat properly or are vomiting often, getting anxious about eating in front of others etc, then an unfill is a good idea.

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