Gill27UK

I had .25 cc taken out and that was the difference between drinking/eating and not being able to get anything down my throat! Had a nightmare 5 days, after 2 emercency appts my dr managed to find my port and remove quarter of a ml. I lost 9lb in 5 days and kept it all off!

B (at 11am) -Bag of snackajacks L-hard boiled Egg, tblspoon extra light mayo, 1 tablespoon tuna mixed together. D- A party with my students- finger food. Will be good and not eat bad stuff

Yep, thrown up about 6 times since yesterday morning. I get a mouthful of phlegmy mucus that I can't seem to swallow (I try to spit it out as much as poss but I'm a teacher so it's not always convenient). Since yesterday morning I've only eaten a cupa soup and half a small bag of cheesey air type chips (in the Uk we call them Quavers -that melt into nothing) I tried some hot water last night but threw that up about 2 hours later as it was still there!

Please can anyone let me know the signs of a band over fill? I had on 48 hours ago and am struggling. I've had 5 fills before but this seems especially tight.

I had my band 10 months ago (April 08) and have only lost 15lbs so far- ALL 15 have been since the 5th Jan 09 !! I had my 4th fill and am not at 7ml in a 10ml band. It was really tight for a week and then slackened off slightly so I could eat and drink without burping anything up. Don't get down, try all the advice that's been posted and you will succeed. :-) Gill x

B- 100ml probiotic yog drink 80cals L- 1/2 cup of Pheasant casserole (my sister lives in the country and eats Pheasant quite a lot) and a small pack of bread sticks with dipping cheese. 120 cals (not sure for the casserole!) S- 1/2 cup of couscous made in a mug at work. eaten in 2 lots. D- 1/2 cup of turkey in low fat sauce

I had my 4th fill on monday evening and had 1ml more (1cc) put in my 10ml band. I now have 7ml in there as 6ml gave me hardly any restriction. (I could eat anything with a glass of water). I was quite tight when drinking the Water at the clinic whilst he was adjusting the Fluid in it. I know that the tightness wears off a week or so after the fill so wanted it noticably tighter to begin with. Eek, now I think I'm too tight and to top it off, I think I'm getting a cold too so that will make it tighter anyway! I only managed a teeny amount on tuesday. Half a scrambled egg in the evening and I couldn't even drink water til 3pm. Today I forced half a cup of tea down this morning but it was cold by the time I got half way. And have managed a small amount of mashed potato and some baked Beans for lunch and a bit more 2 hours later. I am producing a load of sticky mucus instead of saliva and have twice had to spit this out after eating.:thumbup: Please help, does this sound normal and that my fill will relax a bit in the next couple of weeks? Or, do you think it is too tight?:thumbs_up: HELP! Gill, uk

Pixel, I am feeling the same as you did when yous tarted the thread. I think it's too tight but I'll persevere for a few more days as I think it may be just swelling. Gill x

I say I prefer vegetarian options because it's usually something with veg and cheese that you can mash.

Today is wednesday but on monday evening I had my 4th fill (of 1 ml) and now have 7ml in my band. I feel like a stuffed turkey all the time! It kept me awake the first night actually. Tuesday I had: a sip of coffee at 10am half a cup of thin tomato Soup at 3pm (as couldn't get it down any earlier) a 100ml pro biotic yog. half an egg scrambled and half a cracker with 2 tsp baked Beans I managed a pint of warm blackcurrant squash/juice before bed as Water is difficult for me to drink quickly. Do you think my band is now too tight?

The burps feel amazing! Like a balloon deflating! i sound like a drain pipe :-) Teehee.

Today I ate: Breakfast- 2 oat crackers with very low fat soft cheese and 1oz tinned ham (I'm certainly a savoury person and could eat tomato pasta or chicken curry for breakfast if needed!) I took and extra 20 mins to eat the last half an oatcake as I wasn't watching what I waas doing (actually I was watching the olympics) and swallowed it without chewing enough, hurt like hell! eeeeek. drank some water and waited a while then finished it. Lunch- a Starter of buffalo wings. There was about 9 with BBQ sauce, but I ate them with my knife and fork (no nibbling and sucking them with my fingers until they're clean!) I was having lunch with a friend who does not know I'm banded so I had to make out I wasn't very hungry and so only managed to spear the main bits of meat from the bones. It's difficult with a knife and fork- believe me! (I had a 45min swim in between :-)...) Snack- 1 ladle of homemade soup which was yummy actually. Dinner- small portion of Salmon pasta with parmesan. Half way through I started sucking the salmon off the pasta as I got bored with chewing it all up! Damn- I had 2 small glasses of wine too. And I was doing so well :-(