What is going on?

[Seby 0]

I can’t eat anything other than mushy stuff...everything else I spit up...I follow all the rules, chew the food well, small bites, only one cup per meal...and no drinking right after eating...yet I spit up constantly...pasta, eggs, meats, etc.

I have only been filled three times and am at 4.5cc out of 10cc. My last fill was only half a cc. While I was at 4cc I was able to swallow and with some discomfort at times I could stomach most recommended foods. But since the extra half cc, I can’t eat any variety.

It’s like I am stuck in the second 24 hr after a fill - liquids and mushy stuff - and it’s been two weeks! I did loose 6lbs over this time - strangely eating mostly crab and ice-cream - since nothing else stays down.

I have an appointment tomorrow - with x-ray - as I am worried that my band slipped. I had made an appointment for last Friday but on Thursday things got better and I was able to eat some rice and chicken all day....so I canceled...but the next day I was spitting everything up again.

Is this normal? should I request that half cc be removed? am I doing something wrong? anyone experience this before?

[Mimilou2004 13]

I think you are a tad overfilled and maybe even 0.25 cc/ml removal will be wonderful for you. Mushies can get very high calorie so I am glad you are going for a small unfill.

Best wishes,

Mimi

[reverie 49]

You probably need a small unfill. I'd go back to your surgeon to have a tiny unfill; it doesn't have to be anything massive.

[jalomum 1]

when you spit it back up, it causes swelling. once you have had this you need to not try to eat solids again for a couple of days, stick to liquids to allow the swelling to do down.

After a couple of days you should notice an improvement if it is due to swelling. If there is no improvement then you may need a teeny weeny un-fill.

The difference for me between being able to eat and struggling like hell was 0.25ml so your 0.5 would have made a difference. If you have been bringing stuff back for 2 weeks then you are going to be swollen.

Good luck with it.

It is a real big learning curve but this site is a very good resource.

[Seby 0]

Thank you all - unfill it is! I was just worried that it slipped. But it sounds like you guys had this before...I will post bacik with the results.

[sue_nz 0]

I seem to be going thru a weird stage at the mo too, had some fill taken out 2-3 weeks ago, all good straight away but over the past 1.5 weeks I've started feeling stuck every single time (even with sips of fluid) - not to the point of PB'ing, just enough to be really uncomfortable & unable to eat or drink more than 2-3 tiny tiny sips. Then suddenly I'll be ok with a meal or 2 then it's all off for the next few days again. Someone told me she had the same issues but they settled themselves after about 6 weeks !!! I'm not hungry but worried about fluids.

[remodelingme 1]

OP, I had exactly the same thing hapenning to me... .25cc unfill made heck of a difference... I'm good now. Just ask your doc to remove .25 not the whole .5 otherwise you'll go back to where you were before your fill. Good luck.