Ruthann Roskiewich Bland

I might say that I've been blocked, however, I find if I eat too fast my pouch gets full and isn't releasing the food. Then with the pouch full, everything I eat backs up in the esphogus until It all comes back up like a clogged drain. I don't consider that being a blockage. It's my fault for eating too fast and not chewing. I know we were all told to eat slowly and chew chew chew. The pouch is the smallest in the morning. I'm never hungry until late afternoon. If I wait that long I end up eating too fast and I've caused trouble. It's almost like you have to train your pouch. If I want to go out to lunch or dinner I will have to eat something first. Eating on an empty pouch/stomach means that I can't eat but a few mouthfulls....which is what is supposed to happen I believe. Does anyone remember being told that you'd only be able to eat as much as a golf ball amount of food? It worked for the most part but I eventually had to get fills so I could get back into the golf ball eating. I know some people won't leave the house without Breakfast. If I stretch the pouch first thing in the morning, then I'm hungry all day. The only solution is to eat a liquid breakfast drink and with that I have to watch the calories. I know a lot of people with lapbands are still drinking carbonated drinks. I never do because it stretches the pouch. I didn't learn this until a couple of years after getting banded, and until I found a new doctor who didn't tease me with fills. To date I've lost 120 pounds. I'm 10 pounds away from my goal weight and have scheduled another fill. I'm the most comfortable that I've ever been. I can cross my legs finally. I can reach into the cabinet higher because my stomach isn't holding me back. I can get down and get back up again! I can do things that I hadn't been able to do in years. Everyday is something new. I still don't recognize my reflection!