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My morning routine ALWAYS starts with a cup of hot tea, coffee, or cider. After finishing the hot liquid, I move on to some semi-watery grits. The slow progression prepares me for the day, and there have been many days that I skipped the hot liquid and grits - which caused the rest of the day to go terribly. Before surgery, I never was a big breakfast eater, so this has been a huge difference to me. But the schedule makes a difference in my ability to eat for the rest of the day. Plus, if you eat breakfast, you're less likely to feel hungry before or at lunch. I've talked to many people who have tightness in the morning, so don't worry that it's just you.

After I got to good restriction, I found that eggs (especially scrambled) created real problems for me. So be careful, I've heard several other people say that they can no longer eat scrambled eggs. I had a terrible experience with them once and haven't eaten them since.

I would strongly suggest starting over and taking it slow. I had an unfill in April of 0.1cc and because my esophagus was swollen from the PB'ing, I started back on liquids/mushies for 1 week. It made a huge difference in addition to the slight unfill.

My doctor gave me one after surgery. You should ask your doctor if they can provide something to you.

I recently experienced some issues due to a long flight (high altitude for long period of time) that caused my band to tighten up for about 24 hours. I'd been warned in my support group meeting that this might occur, so I was cautious of it. Still, I don't have really tight restriction so I was surprised to find myself unable to eat even Soup after returning from a long day of travel. I'm not sure about traveling to places of high altitude, but I can attest that it will very likely have some effect on you - so be prepared.

I've had a total of 6 fills (and 2 slight unfills) and am at 5.9 cc. I really like my level of restriction that I have right now - I was at 6.0 cc for 2 months and finally decided that it was just too much. I now can eat food without worrying about it coming back up, but I still have good restriction that makes me feel full quickly.