Does Band Tighten Over Time??

[Karen12345 61]

I am at my sweet spot and so I can eat about 1/2 cup of food (chewed very well and small bites). I do notice that if I eat and not chew as well as I should and try to eat more than 1/2 cup (like when eating out or something) that I am especially tight the next day and for a couple of days after. I think that it's that I have irritated the "stomach" where band is at and that it is swollen. I am careful to eat only soft foods and to chew very well for a couple of days and the swelling or super-tightness goes away. Hope this helps!

[lauragshsu 6]

I think I'm one of those people who are very sensitive to fills. I only have 2.5 in a 10cc band, and regurgitate probably once a day (but not every day, sometimes every day, sometimes, every few days). I had my first fill of 3.5 cc, and three days later was dangerously dehydrated because I couldn't even keep down saliva, so I had a complete unfill. The first week of May, I went back in, and this time he only put in 2.8 CC. I was great for a while until a week and a half ago (almost 2 months post fill), when things were getting painful. They took out .3CC and the pain went away, but I'm still PB more than I should.

The Dr told em it's not uncommon for people to come in more than a year since their last fill and the band suddenly be tight.