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Good News. And Thank you for all your help. I am back to eatting normal food. I couldnt find liquid advil but I guess 6 weeks was the time limit for my body to be out of wack. lol After steroids I totaly detoxed my body of all medications. No pills at all. Whew that was difficult But I managed it. and now my body is where it was before the steroids...I am eatting more then bander portion...but I am ok. Thank you all for the helpful tips.

OK, I have been sick, nothing serious, Just seasonal stuff. Alergies and all that. I havent had a fill in 6 months. (backround, I had poison oak for 3 months this summer and was on steroids to get rid of it. once off is when I stopped being able to eat) I can eat about one or two bites then I am stuck. BAD And in the mornings I get stuck on Water. I am scared to take alergy medicine because if water gets stuck so will pills. I dont want to get an unfill because Before this past month I could eat a hamburger...bun and all. But I dont really know what to do. :wink2: Sugesstions please.

I wonder if I take some liquid advil now if it would reduce the internal swelling...I have liquid tylenol and cold medicine...and my liquid vitimin. But arround here it is hard to find liquid meds. Where did you find the liquid Advil?

I wish my body would. It tool 3 shots in the but and 4 seperate pill dosages to get rid of it. And even after all that I still had bumps that itched...they were just not spreading any more. I did the Hot Tea with...yes With lunch today and managed to eat normal. I also talked to my Dr before I went to lunch and he said he did not want to give me an UNfill because of my lack of restriction before getting sick. BUT if I could not find a way to consume calories then he would do a slight unfill. But to give myself a week with the hot liquids to see if that helped. and to try taking alergy pills WITH hot tea to see if that gets them down. So I am going to try taking pills later with hot tea. He did say that this should be temporary and my body should equal out soon...and if it dosent we will make a plan of action for it. Thanks for the advise I do really apreciate your words...even when I dont want to listen to them lol

ok thanks for your advise. I am just hesitant because it was not a fill that got me to this point. I was actualy too loose before I got sick. That is the reason I am hesitant. This has only been for the last month...I havent had a fill in 6 months. I will call him and talk to him

ok FYI I have to drink hot liquid and eat withing 20 minutes or I cant handle the food. Grrr this is super frustrating. I am stuck right now on 2 salteen crackers I have been burping them up for the past 45 minutes. I have never had a problem with crackers before...help anyone.

At home I use my sink too. It is tall enough that I dont have to bend over...and for me that is important. Mostly for me it is just slime. So not a huge deal...and noone is arround to whitness it at my house lol One plus to living alone. Yeah I am visiting family that has not seen me since I got the band...and my nieces...So I am not sure how I will handle it.

It might be the type of solids your eatting. After my last fill I could no longer eat Chicken of any kind. And I havent been able to eat pork for a long time. I can however eat hamburger and ground meat and bacon. I get full a lot quicker then I have before. So I have to really be careful to not over eat and pb.

I am always worried someone will notice and comment on it. It just embarases me to no end. Mine are not too bad...I cant do it into a bottle...I can into a cup...that is why I keep cups in the car with lids so I can take them to the trash with out anyone noticing it. lol But I am getting ready to stay with my parents for 2 weeks...and I am nervious about them noticing. ugg

Yeah Good luck to all. Have fun with that zumba classes

Thanks Everyone. I am trying the hot liquids today. Had Tea This morning And it did go down. I am going to stick to Soup today. Just because I dont want to risk anything I will keep up with the hot tea for a while to see if that helps. I will have to look for the benadryl in strip form. I didnt know they made it that way. I have cold medicine...just no alergy medicine. The alergys started about a week after I got off the steroids...but I was taking anti-itch pills for a bit after the steroids to help with getting rid of the poison oak. I had a REALLY bad case of it...and it was just not going away. Thanks all.

I have wide fluxiations in my band. The week before my period I can eat almost anything...I have almost No restriction for about 4 days...then the 3 days of my period I can ONLY drink Protein shakes and Soup. And then the other weeks it eases back till I can eat anything then back to nothing...and the cycle continues. My Dr and I are keeping a log of it. I dont know if it is the moon or my period cycle. but we are noting how I can eat every day. I am an extreme case. Nothing is wrong with my band...it is my body. BUT when I over eat I either will PB or I will just ache for a while.

If I bend over when stuck not only will I PB but it will try to come out my nose...so I am really careful to NOT bend over when stuck...that is something when you experience once you NEVER want to do again.

Not a problem. that is why we are all here to learn from eachother. I learned that when your sick the phlem from drainage clogs up the pouch hole and causes you to not be able to eat or pass food like you normaly would...SO I am trying the hot tea to break it up method lol seemed to work today...I am still swolen from the other issue but I am not getting stuck on water like I was before lol.

I dont have a Warning BEFORE I am full I have it all AFTER I am too full. But I have had hiccups since before I was born. I was actualy worried about getting hiccups with the band because I thought it would make the band slip lol NOPE shoot sometimes I think it helps my food to pass thru better lol

I can do bread in small amounts and I have no problem with meat...most meats that is...not Thick dense meats though... But I CANNOT do lettuce. I cant manage to chew it up enough to get it to pass. So if they give me a salid I eat the tomatoes...with out skins lol celery, cucumbers, crutons and everything else they put with it...maybe some of the crunchy parts of the lettuce but not much. I eat vegtables just not lettuce. So I dont see it as being unhealthy. there is not that many nutrients in lettuce anyway. lol

OK I cant talk for everyone because all of us are a bit different and our bands act different in us. BUT I have No problem with nuts and seads...these work really well for me. Same with Peanut butter. Noodles I can usualy do. unless I am trying to eat too many to fast. Then I fill up pretty quick till they go down. Bread...well I can have bread...IF it is really toasted. But I usualy dont have it because it takes too long to go thru the band. As for being stuck...once again everyone is different. But I get stuck when I try to eat too fast...when I am TOO hungry...when I forget to chew completly...Or I try to eat something that I know wont go thru the band...for me that is pork chops or thick meat. And you WILL know when your stuck...I start to produce lots of saliva and I have an achie feeling in my upper chest...like I swallowed a pill that didnt go down (pre banded) And I burp...a lot. Or I will get the hiccups...and my nose will run. lol Sounds great right? But it is a physical reminder to myself that I cant shovel anything in my mouth anymore. Most of the time the food will pass on its own...it just takes time...if I really didnt chew or I have something that is too big to be desolved or I am creating too much saliva/slime for my body to handle then I will PB (productive Burp something like throwing up but with no stomach acids) Most of the time it will pass on its own though...I just have to be patient with it. I hope this helps.

I would have to add that unless you "felt" the stomach acids when you puked you didnt really puke it was still a PB. You hay have heaved a few times but If you dont have the Puke taste then you only PBed At least this is my experience. I have been ill for a while and have a bunch of swelling and stuff (not band related) and I am totaly insync with puking and pbing. LOL My DR told me as long as it is not a regular thing you should be ok.

I have to completly agree with this. Meals AND shakes together are not a good thing. I only have my shakes when I am so tight I cant really eat my calories. Right now I have swelling issues due to other issues and I even get stuck on Water. So I sip protein shakes all day to get my calories and protein in. annoying but knowing the swelling will go down helps lol

LOL No I am a slow loser lol My body is just doing so really weird things...like today not on my period or anything but I am really tight. Havent had a fill but I am at super tight mode right now. only thing I can atribute it to is the full moon lol Who knows I am just recording it and going to let the doctor sort it all out.

I am glad to know it is not just my weird body lol But I am afraid I will never have a true sweet spot because of the wild fluxuations lol I just know I have to be VERY careful because If I PB It makes it even tighter during that time. So I have to be extra careful about what I can and cant eat. and how fast I try to eat during that time.

I am still here. lol I just dont post often anymore, too many negative comments lol But I am FINALLY under 300 and so incredibly happy about it too...I am a slow loser. And I am ok with that. My body hits plateaus and sits there for a long time. And I have severe swelling issues with my period so when I am at a good fill for the other weeks the week during my period I get stuck on Water lol My dr is a bit concerned about this but we are working thru it together. He said he has never seen somone fluxuate as much as me because of her monthly cycle. But I am losing for now so hopefuly we can stick with this plan I have lol But I am here and still loving my band even with all its quirks lol

I also had Dr. Lusco. He is great! The whole group is great. You should definitly attend the meetings they have once a month. They really helped me. I would still be going if my life was not so crazy. I am a slow loser...but I am still losing. I have a hard time seeing how much I have lost...except when on the scale. I didnt have to do the 6 month thing I was lucky. And I feel really lucky to have gotten in with the great group at St Mary's They really helped me when I freaked out about some of the little things lol

I love my band, because I will NEVER have to worry about weighing 400 lbs. I can walk up stairs. I dont feel deprived of food, because I can eat WHATEVER I want...just not as much as I used to. I have mental issues when dieting about not being able to eat something...with the band I can eat it. Maybe only a bite of it but I can still eat it. If I want french fries I can have ONE...lol More if I REALLY work for it. But the one will usually kill the craving. So the band lets me live life and not worry about every bite that goes into my mouth. I would do it all over again. lol only earlier lol I absolutly LOVE my band.

WOW I am so sorry your having all those problems. I know I had an issue but Some people dont have problems flying with their band. I know that for me I need to Not have any solids right before or after a flight. I just mark them down as liquid days. Sorry to hear you have such an issue with it.