What's up with all this extra air?

[spoiltmom 44]

I keep feeling like my band is full of air. It's hard to describe but this morning for example. It fell like it was full of air, like I needed to burp. I was drinking my coffee and taking my morning meds and I suddenly felt this odd feeling. I thought my pills were stuck. I ended up throwing up but it was only a small amount of coffee and no pills. I felt great afterwards.

Lately when I eat I notice that I get hiccups a lot also.

Is all this normal?

I don't use straws or drink carbonated beverages so where is the extra air coming from?

[HeatherinCA 10]

Well they blow your stomach up with air during surgery, I know that is what initially causes the gas.

[mattie7632 24]

My doctor has a poster in his office for signs to watch out for in an "overfill"....One of them is hiccups and belching. Are you newly banded? The first week or two of banding for me the swelling caused those symptoms.....

[mattie7632 24]

Sorry...I noticed that you are not newly banded after I posted that. Maybe a recent fill would cause the swelling too, and hence the hiccups and belching.

[Beachbunny 5]

Amanda it can happen also if you are at restriction ....its saying eat or drink slower and less

[phershey 1]

I keep feeling like my band is full of air. It's hard to describe but this morning for example. It fell like it was full of air, like I needed to burp. I was drinking my coffee and taking my morning meds and I suddenly felt this odd feeling. I thought my pills were stuck. I ended up throwing up but it was only a small amount of coffee and no pills. I felt great afterwards.

Lately when I eat I notice that I get hiccups a lot also.

Is all this normal?

I don't use straws or drink carbonated beverages so where is the extra air coming from?

hey there i have the same thing happen to me! i have never thrown up, but i burp a lot and have hiccups as well. i do not drink with a straw or have carbonated beverages either. i was thinking is it maybe because i take in a lot of air without any help form a straw or even when i eat? and when i do burp it feels so good! lol it is such a relief.....but i hate the hiccups! if you find anything out please let me know and i will do the same

[spoiltmom 44]

Okay it happened again this morning. I took my morning meds with about 10 oz of Water. I took them seperately rather than swallowing them all at one time. On the way to take my shower I started feeling like a pill was stuck. I ended up throwing up 3 times in the 15 minutes after that. Each time it was just Water and no pills. After the third time I felt fine again.

I have 2 weeks out of the month where I will feel tight like this and then 2 weeks in a row where I feel completely loose and can eat anything and everything I want.

So am I overfilled or do I just need to slow down more or what?

[phershey 1]

are your pills to big? or do you cut them up? maybe your stomach isn't handling them all well at one time maybe try to take some in the morning and some in the afternoon? hope it goes away for ya.

[spoiltmom 44]

Okay I've tried to eat twice today. Both times I got stuck immediately. I can hold down liquids just fine but no food. It comes back up every time.

Should I just go back to liquids for a couple of days and see if it gets better?

I haven't had a fill since January so there's not anything new going on. I've been able to eat just fine so am I maybe just swelled?

[spoiltmom 44]

Okay I talked my surgeons nurse. I'm on liquids until Thursday. If I can't keep food down by lunch time on Thursday then I have to go to the surgeons office.

The nurse thinks I've irritated my band and it's swollen now. If that's right it should be better by Thursday if I stick to solids until then

[Beachbunny 5]

Okay it happened again this morning. I took my morning meds with about 10 oz of Water. I took them seperately rather than swallowing them all at one time. On the way to take my shower I started feeling like a pill was stuck. I ended up throwing up 3 times in the 15 minutes after that. Each time it was just Water and no pills. After the third time I felt fine again.

I have 2 weeks out of the month where I will feel tight like this and then 2 weeks in a row where I feel completely loose and can eat anything and everything I want.

So am I overfilled or do I just need to slow down more or what?

amanda,

I found that i need to take my pills with hot coffee or i have the same problems...water in the morning makes me vomit.

[2beskinny 4]

I know that sometimes the band can tighten due to stress, hormones, and who knows what other balls we "can't" juggle that our body is throwing at us It's not a new thing to hear of someone's band "tightening" for no apparent reason. You definitely sound like you are too tight...a small (very small!) unfill will make all the difference and you will feel normal again

[jen36 1]

I have the same issue, I can not even attempt to eat before 11:30am or I am vomiting and when I do eat it must be tiny tiny pieces I had my 4th fill in Dec and this one has kicked my butt I almost always feel like my band is tight think I may need an unfit but can't afford it right now. Good Luck