I had my first fill on 7/8/09, and the first few days I felt no restriction. But, yesterday was an awakening, to say the least. I swallowed some chicken, and I immediately got an excrutiating headache and of course esophagus pain. No real advice, sorry, as it seems you can't even take down solids...but when you can, for Pete's sake, CHEW!!! I learned my lesson