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I was banded Feb 2005 nvr had a fill till June than they had prob getting the fill in Nov had a replacement portal as scar tissue had formed...since than I throw up or pb as u all like 2 put it all the stinking time....sometimes i can eat steak sometimes i can't sometimes i can eat egg salad sometimes i get get the slime ball....i am literally reduced 2 nuts,salad,icecream low fat of course & acouple of drinks on the weekend...I have very little fill in...they have tested for slippage & no i don't have that... I go 2 c my surgeon in aug & I am really thinking about getting this removed...no one ever told me i would not bable 2 eat barbq or go out 2 breakfest w/o throwing up.....also i cant eat fruit any longer which i use 2 love 2 eat....please give me some feed back & for the love of god do not write back that i don't chew enough i am 48 and trust me i know how important that is....plus i do not eat & haven't since my surgery had bread,pasta or potatoe.....it is embarrassing 2 go out 2 dinner or to my moms & end up in the bathroom 1/2 time...:help:

i can appreciate all of your threads grilled chicken i cant seem 2 do anymore either however i ws very lucky with a hotdog this weekend it actually stayed down but i just never know when my stomach is going 2 become angry and not allow the food i am trying 2 eat.and once it does i might as well forget eating for the day:mad: .

I thougt your thread ws awesome....I can totally agree on what u said 100% yesterday I ate a steak fajita salad from on the border with no prob & the night b4 i ws in the bathroom with the pbs & vomiting....mind u i am 1yr out & i do chew well....it makes no sense why sometimes u can & sometimes u cant eat...make sure u don't drink a half hour b4 and 1 hr after it does mk a difference....i know not 2 all bandsters they have this problem but i definately do and am going for the barium swallow on this wed to see if my band hs slipped....I have already hd my portal replaced....best of luck and get use to those pbs.....

:help: I have hd my band for about 13 months now...my portal ws replaced in nov this pst year as scar tissue hd formed over it making me getting a fill a nightmare....as of now i only hv 1.6 in and sometimes my food gets stuck causing me to hover over the toilet & sometimes the same food goes down fine....now my dr wnts me 2 hv the barium swallow test to see if it hs slipped....i am very tired of rejecting my food to put it nicely....

what can we can we say but we all will be with u best of luck & god b with u

no i was very very serious when i posted this thread

i see people are lookin @ my thread but no replying....this could happen to you.....please respond if any of these problems are happening 2 u....

everbody is different as 2 what foods they can tolerate & which foods they can't..

i went today i pb & throw up about 4 out of 7 days sometimes my food gets stuck sometimes not...i have hd my band for 13 mos & they replaced my portal in nov scar tissue hd healed over it which made getting a fill a nightmare....now they wnt me to go for a swallow test as well....i feel where u r comming from i feel very fustrated as well....

give it 2 a friend u sld nt need 2 do both.

well as of tomorrow it will be 1 year & counting... It has not been without trials & tribulations....First i did not have my first fill till June and that was only becuz i wanted one not that i needed one...and when she tried 2 give me one she had a very hard time getting the needle in almost to the point where i passed out...than my mom had a surgical prob which i did not go back till aug which again the person who ws giving me the fill had an extremely hard time giving me the fill... i contribute a lot of my weight loss 2 head set & exercise 5 times a wk.....than when i finally saw my dr they fired the person who ws doing the fills he hd a very hard time doing the fill as well. i hd lost 63 lbs so far.....nov came and they sd my ring hd slippled or flipped....i wnt into emergency surgery they replaced my ring....than they told my my bladder hd prolapesed du 2 my weight loss so now i wnt into surgery on jan 24 which i also hd a hysterectomy done.. guess what my bladder had nt slipped but they did the hysterectomy anyways so now i cant exercise till march sometime.....i also incurr alot of slimming & pbing.....right now i can eat fine who knows what tomorrow will bring.....many friends say give up the ring i say no way I will nvr give it up it still limits me as 2 what I can eat & how much... I never want 2 go back 2 what i was I ws miserable.....I wish all of you who visit this site peace whithin yourself...you need to love who u r not what u look like.......:clap2:

Sometimes I spend more time in the bathroom than the table.Ii have hd my band for about a year and i can never figure wht triggers it. to me it is very fustrating sometimes i can eat a type of food & sometimes i can't. i definatley know i cant eat chineese food even though i keep trying.It always comes bck up no matter what kind I eat. I gave up bread,potatoes,pasta & soda a year ago and don't miss them. Good luck everybody is different as to what foods they can tolerate.

I ws banded in feb last year I also incurred slippage or scar tissue prob. They relaced my band in nov and hv 1 fill so far. I wish u the best of luck I know it can b very fustrating.

i also wnt frm feb till june till i had a fill & lost weight just fine. get use to pbing its a part of being banded!

I think we all can say that we hv been there & have felt what u do but take my advise b4 starting the period u can only do liquids enjoy yourself & indulge 1 last time than get head set u can do this & the band won't allow u 2 over indulge. U still have 2 mk healthy choices but u must have the mind set 2 succeed. Trust none of us like going under the knife but we have faith in u!! Good luck

had surgery about a year ago had 2 have it corrected in nov so they sd i hd scar tissue over portal so i cld nt keep anything down hv hd only 1 fill since & i sometimes i can eat sometimes i cant especially if i go out 2 eat. i need to know if this is common or uncommon plz help....i hv lost about 63 lbs so far & i am at a standstill...

i was on protein shake for 2wks b4 surgery & 2 wks after than started very slowly w.an egg,cottage cheese,applesause but really it shld hv been blended foods good luck

they thought my hd turned bcuz i cld nt keep anything down i hd my done a year ago and i ws nvr told this cld happen, turned out my band hd scar tissue over the portal so they replaced the portal and rmvd the scar tissue. So now its like starting ovr with the fills but at least i can keep some food down.

thanks for responding but if i get more of a fill than i won't be able 2 keep anything down. i don't eat much now sometimes i think the reason i am not loosing is because i don't get enough in me plus i just hd surgery lst wk for a female prob so i cnt exercise for 6 wks