TomPhD

So, I was banded on Dec 20th, 2010. I've experienced an issue several times when I first start eating where food feels like it is getting caught in my throat. I can feel the food in the lower part of my throat and have no problem breathing. This has been independent of the level of chewing. I've made sure to chew the food, yet this has still happened to me. The odd thing is that once this passes I usually have no problems afterwards. I can eat as much as I want, so I'm inclined to think that it has nothing to do with an issue of overfilling my pouch. I have thrown up from this twice, which took very little to get the food to come back up. Both times the food was like soup and wasn't in there for very long. I have a 4cc fill.

Hi Folks, congrats on the 20lbs lost. You and I were banded on the same day, Dec 20th, I've lost 18lbs to this point. I just got my first fill today, but my Dr told me that insurance doesn't cover fills for the first 90 days. What insurance do you have that covers your fills? I thought it sounded funny, because my Dr wants me to pay $75 cash for the fill and I'm tempted to call my insurance company to see what their policy is. I have Aetna insurance.