dyingbreed

I've been banded for about five years, and use a few methods to clear being stuck. I'm just curious if anyone else has something different. Things I use: I stand up and then bend over and touch my toes, I stay in that bent over position for 45 seconds to a minute. I do that a few times in a row. Another thing I use it raise my arms above my head and hang from the door jam. Well not hang, but hold on to the top of the door jam and let me weight hang. This seems to stretch the band to clear the stink. I've tried papaya pills, and never seen that help much. Tried warm liquids before, and that just made it compress more.

Anyone else gone through this?

I feel pressure below my rib cage. I wonder if that's a sign of the band slippage.

Great!!! The reason I think I have a slip is that I can feel pressure lower then where I normally feel the band. Grrr. Crap!!!

Ok... I know I did wrong, but I need advice. I went out on Saturday and drink way to much, well you guessed it. I vomited for two hours. So now I'm stuck with massive chest pain, and I even have shortness of breathe. Does everyone think the bad slipped, or just inflamed? I called the doctor, and they want me to come in for more unfil, and possibly X-rays.

Does everyone do the let the band rest?

Wow... I never thought about this. So does everyone give their band rest? Doing liquids for a few days. It's funny you say that, because I notice I'm able to increase my portion size over the past few months. So is this what I need, to let rest.

It's weird, it literally is the first bite or two and bam. Stuck!! Any other remedies people are using to help with this? I really wonder why it does that.

Are you saying I'm having a hard time swallowing? Or is the food getting caught at the band? More information: after several minutes, the pain intensifies, and I can almost feel the food pass the band. (I think it's passing the band)

I've had the band now for roughly a year and a half, and over the past 6 months or so. I notice that if I don't eat for a long time, the first few bites I take, I get stuck. No matter how small of bites, and how much I grind down the food. I don't drink before I eat, so there isn't any liquids present. Has anyone else experienced this?

So if you don't weigh your food, how do you know if it's 3 oz? And if you eat 3 oz of Protein, and a cup of whatever, you don't feel over stuffed?

I was using cups, and my doctor said not to use it that way. They said it's because you can have very heavy food that isn't good on your stomach. I guess a cup of Pasta weighs less then a cup of say steak. Or vice versus. So they told me 4 ounces per meal. 2 of those ounces had to be a Protein at the least.

I've not told anyone about this surgery except my wife, and I think it's going to be really hard to continue to hide this if I can only eat four ounces forever. But I know if I were to eat more, I'd probably get nausea or throw, at least I think. Haven't had this issue yet.