Psalm 37:4

I've been banded for almost 2 years. I recently had just .5 cc's removed (was pb-ing and getting stuck daily for 8 months...didn't know how good life could be with the band after taking out just .5 cc's). Ever since, I've had a REALLY bad stomach ache (pain and nausea at the same time) about an hour to hour and 1/2 after I eat ANYTHING...even an apple. I also get extreme bloating, like I have a basketball in my stomach and extreme gas. Maybe it's coincidence and has nothing to do with the band, but has anyone else experienced this? It is constant, but seems to worsen after eating. Blood tests reveal no H. pylori bacteria...only slightly elevated white blood cells. Any chance these are signs of erosion from the band being too tight all those months and me repeatedly testing it's limits?

Thank you for the advice. You went thru the same thing?? You understand that it's different from the normal "stuck" feeling you get with the band being too tight or when you eat too much, right?? This is all day, no matter what I eat, even just an apple...about a hour later I'm nauseous and have a stomach ache similar to morning sickness...also kind of a gnawing feeling like I'm STARVING and barfy at the same time. Is this really what you experienced? Thanks for your help.

Same thing happened to me, but I lived with it for months! Got a slight deflate, and feel human again. Couldn't keep anything down before, so I'd eat 2-3 bites, feel stuck, throw it up or just stop eating, only to be starving 1-2 hours later and start the process over again. So I wasn't losing weight cuz I was grazing all day. We'll see how things go with a little less in the band. I'm certainly more comfortable!

Thanks for the well-wishes. Pbing is when your band is too tight and you try to burp but food comes up instead...not really vomiting, but just slimey, undigested food. Yes, lovely! Or this happens if you eat too fast or don't chew well. Although, after removing just a little from my band, I haven't had this happen but one time in 3 weeks, whereas it was a daily occurence before. I just thought that was normal and I was doing something wrong! Not so...

yes, I have trouble with a whole list of things...fries, crackers, pancakes,etc. But my biggest problem is about 50% of the time I eat a meal, I have to throw up after about 3 or 4 bites (I kinda make myself...very easily...cuz it hurts when something's stuck!) but then immediately afterwards, I can go and eat the same food, and a pretty good amount of it, that I just threw up. And I am chewing it thoroughly from the start. It makes no sense.