rainbowglop

Hi everyone. I've been banded for about a year and a half now, and have been enduring a problem for quite a long time now. For about 3 or 4 months, I haven't been able to eat anything (if chewable allergy tablets count, then I can eat that). I can't even swallow regular allergy tablets (less than half the size of a Tylenol) One time, when the medicine got stuck, I drank a bottle of Water rather hastily, and to my surprise, I could feel the pill "go down". Ever since then, I have just been drinking massive amounts of water every time I feel "stuck". After browsing through the forums, I realized that what I have been doing is stupid. I should see my surgeon, have been postponing going because I am afraid that I will have to go to surgery again. Do you guys think that this is a band slippage, or something else? Thanks! *Edit: By the way, I can't get by a typical meal without drinking 2 or 3 bottles of water, and it hurts when the food is being "pushed" down.

By the way, thank you both for the replies. The information and support given from this community is wonderful.

Ah, I forgot to mention that I shove my food down with water! :blushing: No way I can live off of tablets. At first, I thought that I had become lax in my chewing, so I concentrated on chewing well, and eating extremely slow. It didn't work. Even yogurt kept getting stuck. The hurt feels more like an extreme form of the "stuck" feeling. It doesn't burn, but it sure does feel like there is a lot of pressure near my band for a few seconds, until the food is forced down.

As explained above, I am scared of going back into surgery, and that was my primary reason for avoiding the doctor. But I do realize that I should have gone much earlier. I will probably go as soon as possible.