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My band has been sitting at a pretty sweet spot for me, but it's as if gets tighter on it's own. Then on Friday I had the stomach flu and now I seemed to feel as if it's not as tight as the "sweet spot". Sounds silly but I'm wondering...

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Did you vomit when you had that stomach bug? Vomiting can alter the position of the band. Not necessarily a band slip, but enough to "feel" different.

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Jean-This is my concern because I did vomit. Only once, but it was a strain all the way to my toes. The thing is. I have gotten to a "too tight" feeling and vomit almost everyday because of being stuck. I don't feel less restriction per se but I can actually eat now and I'm worried. I have to be super restricted.

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You might want to give your surgeon a call. An upper GI study could verify that everything's OK in there.

Be careful of "super restriction". It can lead to complications like a band slip, band erosion, esophageal or pouch dilation.

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Headed to see my surgeon in the a.m. Thanks for your thoughts.

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As it turned out, my port was leaking. Had a port revision a few weeks ago. :( bump in the road I reckon.

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