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It's when you can't swallow anything and you start producing large amounts of thick saliva...you have to keep spitting it out cause swallow it will just hurt more.

That is what I experienced. I just went and had my band "unfilled" for two weeks to let the inflammation resolve. I guess it was too tight because now I can eat anything and it all goes down fine. In fact, it's been nice to eat again....but I'm going to have it filled again next week, but not as much. Hopefully I'll find the perfect spot where I can eat normally...small amounts but healthy food.

I'm much the same. I know never to make plans to have lunch because I can't eat anything before 6 pm. I'm getting better at going out to eat...but I always have to have a small amount of ice cream first...then it will go down. Funny thing is, I never ate much sweets before, and rarely if ever ice cream. I'd rather it be bread or pasta than sweet stuff, but ice cream always goes down, and so I've taken to blending a little up with a protein drink so I can at least get something healthy. I think back to when I thought I'd just be eating small amounts of food and wonder why I didn't know that eating at all would become such a chore. And of course I still have another 20 lbs to lose and it has slowed down to a measley 1-2 lbs. every two months even though I exercise all the time. But I guess I'm still glad I did it. I've lost 45 lbs. and before I had the lap band I couldn't lose a lb. no matter how hard I worked at it.

I have never been a person who liked ice cream or candy...but somedays, icecream or a piece of chocolate is the ONLY thing that I don't vomit back up. I have taken to not eating ALL day long, and after 5 pm if I have a half a cup of icecream and it stays down (which it usually does) then I can follow with a meal of healthy foods. If I try and eat good food like vegies or meat prior to eating icecream...I'll most likely get stuck, and either slime all night after two bites or have to throw up. I'm sticking with the icecream since it makes eating possible.

It's the same with me. At night I can eat all the popcorn there is. But in the morning and most of the day I can hardly get water down. It is getting easier though. I have actually had 7 days out of 10 with zero PB...a record for me. I decided to not even try to eat before 4 pm and that seems to be working...at least for the food. The weight loss has slowed though.

I'm about 6 months out and have two fills, and I find eating Protein really difficult most of the time. Junk (Cookies, ice cream, crackers, chips) seem to go down fine usually but eating healthy is very difficult. Also, I find I can't usually keep anything down at all until after 5 pm ....so during the day I just try and drink Water. Even Protein drinks don't go down easily. I seem to be caught in this "slime" mode most of the time when I try and eat normally. It's getting really frustrating. And yet, every once in a while I can eat anything I want and it goes down fine. I just don't understand. I know the band isn't too tight because sometimes I can get a good volume of something down. I hate going out to eat. It's embarrassing that I have to eat so slow or go to the restroom to PB because I start to slime. Is anyone else having this much difficulty?