Help, Fellow Bandsters! Is it reflux?

[jigglypuff 0]

I have been pretty tight since my last fill on 1/23, with some days being worse than others. Basically cannot eat before lunch, sometimes not until about 2 pm. Today, I am feeling "very tight" even when not eating, getting what I think is heartburn after eating 2 bites of egg salad, drinking 1 sip of cranberry juice, ie. I just want to drink some Water, but it's not too easy. Have an occasional slight "clearing the throat" cough.

Is this reflux? Just an isolated heartburn episode? I'm mid-cycle if that means anything. Do I need an unfill? Can I take anything--don't think I can get a pill down, would Maalox help? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks--Jigglypuff:cry

[the best me 6]

Suck on a Tums and call your doc. You need a small unfill. Stay on liquids until you get it. Forget egg salad, go back to protien shakes. Banded life is not supposed to be this uncomfortable! Call you doc, and good luck!

[the best me 6]

Another thought, some folks just do liquids for a few days until any swelling sttles down, then they ease back in very slowly (like post-op) to other foods until they lose enough weight that the band loosens naturally. You could try this and not lose your fill, see how it goes. ???