no recent fill, but Dr thinks band might suddenly be too tight?

[lauragshsu 6]

Anyone else have this? I haven't had a fill since the beginning of May (almost two months). In the last ten days, I've suddenly developed a weird pain. Sometimes when I eat (no matter what I eat or how fast I eat) I get a sharp stabbing pain under my right breast. It's not when I've eaten a lot or eaten the wrong thing. It normally happens after just 1-2 bites. It happens at least once a day. I often have to burp back up or try and vomit what I've just eaten to relieve the pain. I talked to the Dr and they think my band might suddenly be too tight (again, I haven't had a recent fill). They had me come in this morning and took .3cc out. If it doesn't improve, then they think theres the possibility of a band slip.

My question is, has anyone's band suddenly become "too tight", even without a recent fill?

[L12 13]

Mine seems to fluctuate with how loose and tight it is. When it felt loose for a few days and I could eat more, I'd get worried and go ahead and schedule a fill, only to cancel it a few days or a week later because it had tightened back up. That's happened to me so many times that it's going to take a lot for me to really believe I need another fill! A few times if I've felt TOO tight I've gone on liquids for a day or two; I don't know if it is that which helps, but the tightness eventually goes away again.

[lauragshsu 6]

The thing is, I don't feel tight. I just have a sharp stabbing pain when I eating sometimes. It doesn't happen at every meal and sometimes the same meal will hurt one day but not the next.

[SuzanneG 1]

I had problems with getting too tight even when tests revealed my band was loose. We're still trying to figure it out. Right now all Fluid is out of my band and I feel 100% better.

However, has anyone mentioned gallbladder to you? That sounds like it could be your gb.

Keep us posted.

[Mimilou2004 13]

I was going to suggest Gallbladder dysfunction as a possibility but my dear friend Suzanne beat me to it, LOL!!!

Mimi

[SuzanneG 1]

Mimi, I guess it's true that great minds think alike! :-)

[Mimilou2004 13]

LOL!!!!!

Mimi

[lauragshsu 6]

So I looked up info on gallbladder, and it says the sharp pains are on the right side. Mine are all on my left side under my left breast. The pains have subdued, and I can eat, but it seems I vomit at least once a day (not full-on vomiting, but regurgitating what I just ate).

[crystal525 26]

You said right side in your initial post so I was thinking gallbladder too. I had similar "odd" pains on my left along with nausea when I was hungry or full. My doc told me that sometimes the only symptom of reflux is nausea. A prescription acid reducer helped me. But I had the sonogram of my gallbladder too--mine showed no stones. I go back Friday and will let you know if the doc says anything else.

[LarraineM 6]

Do you still have your gallbladder ? I lost mine 3 months after surgery,just a thought

[Mimilou2004 13]

Laura, in your thread starter post you said the pain was under your RIGHT breast.

Mimi

[lauragshsu 6]

Sorry for the misinformation. I have got to stop smoking crack.