Sounds to me that you may be too tight. i know you dont want to hear that but you dont want to get dehydrated. Did they tell you to stay away from carbonation? Gingerale is carbonated. It gives me really bad trapped gas. Hurts really bad! Try something warm like broth or coffee hot coco.... see if that will work. sometimes if i try and eat or drink someting without flushing first it hard for food to pass through. but keep in mind everyone is different. Hope it helps. keep intouch. let me know how it goes

Heather~

Hi Heather!

Thanks for the response. I too was thinking that I might be too tight. They did not tell me to stay away from carbonation. I only added the gingerale because I thought it might help to settle my stomach. I am sipping on some warm broth now, so far so good. I'm taking it really slow though, only a spoonful every 10-15 minutes. So we'll see how it goes..... Would you please tell me what you mean by "flushing"?

It sounds like too tight -- if it were me I would have a smidge taken out.

Please dont think its better to be over-filled and you will lose weight. Dont do that to yourself. You weigh exactly what I do. Educate yourself on how to eat clean and get your band unfilled to where you can eat healthfully. You may lose pounds on the scale by hardly getting any nutrition but you will lose your muscle and that has all kinds of detriments. Be very careful!

Thanks guys. I appreciate your feedback. Yesterday was a little better. I was able to take in some broth, water and a little soup later on. Today was even better. I had my normal cup of coffee this morning (of course had to sip very slowly) and then a little yogurt a little later on. For lunch I had a little turkey chilli and was able to keep everything down today. So it's getting better and as long as each day gets better I will stay at the current fill level. If things don't continue to get better, I will definitely see my doctor ro have some fluid taken out.