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Hi everyone, I just discovered this app today and I am excited to meet people who understand what I am going through. I had lap band surgery a year ago and started off losing a lot of weight. I am really struggling now. I have been adjusted several times. Sometimes it has been too tight where when I would eat I could literally drink pitchers of water to force the food down. I recently got a fill under a X-ray and I am struggling. I feel like I can't eat much of anything without cheating or slowly drinking water. When I wake up I feel so tight that I can't really even drink anything without choking and lately I have been vomiting up some meals. If I follow the rules I have an uncomfortable feeling like food is just sitting in there. Is that normal to have that feeling. I have recently been working out at least and trying to experiment with what I can eat. Anyone have these problems and have any tips. It's such a relief to know I am not alone because I am frustrated and emotionally tired beyond belief. Thanks! Emily

Hi because the Lapband is the only non-permanent surgery. Where as with the others you can't reverse it. The sleeve, a large portion of your stomach is removed and bypass your rearranging parts. The Lapband is a tool to help and can be harmlessly removed in the future. I felt better knowing that.

Yes I eat small amounts. But when I try to eat any kind of meat basically I'm not able to no matter how much I chew get it down without feeling like it's stuck somewhere. And when I wake up it is really tight to the point where I can't really drink liquids. He only put a quarter cc in a couple weeks ago and he did it under x-ray so he could see the liquid going down at that point.

No I meant when it was looser before my last fill I was able to do that now I throw up if I try to drink

I am going to many of these symptoms as well. I just had a small small fill under X-ray and I am just not sure.