Struggling with solid food

[Elliemayclem 31]

I'm wondering if anyone else has ever had this problem. This is the third time this has happened to me (I was banded Dec 2010). I'm going along really well, able to eat anything I want, and then one day I can't hardly get anything down and it it lasts for days and days!

Right now I'm trying to make it on Protein shakes and mushy foods . The other two times the doc put me one prednisone and liquids and now I have no Fluid in my band, and it still happens! I get food stuck still, too. I have caught myself eating too fast, so I have slowed way down again. I have to admit that have been overeating, with no fills I get hungry a lot.

I'm afraid I have stretched my pouch or the band has slipped! I don't have a problem with re-flux though. Any thoughts on this?

[SueBee01 630]

I would definitely see the surgeon if you can't get any food down. Definitely something wrong. Hopefully something they can easily fix.

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I agree, I would see your surgeon and have your band checked.

[Elliemayclem 31]

Saw my doc today....my band is tilted a little bit. She told me not to worry about it, put me on prednisone again. I sure wish I could figure out why this happens. The doc said it wasn't necessarily my fault. I'm gonna to try harder not to overeat again, and see if this doesn't happen again. Carry on.

[nina874 48]

Hope that it all settles down for you and that your band moves back to the right place. I have periods when my band is waaay tighter for no apparent reason, but it does tend to line up with my monthly cycle so I always wondered if it was hormone related. Stress can be a killer too, when I have got a hectic schedule at work it tends to play up more. I cant really offer much help but I do hope that it sorts itself out.

[boardhelp 0]

I have the same problem. I am going along fine and then I can't get any food or liquids down I throw everything up. This happens for no apparent reason i have not had a fill or anything if I go to the surgeon they take some out and I repeat the same pattern down the line

[Elliemayclem 31]

I have the same problem. I am going along fine and then I can't get any food or liquids down I throw everything up. This happens for no apparent reason i have not had a fill or anything if I go to the surgeon they take some out and I repeat the same pattern down the line

Mine did the same thing, basically. For no apparent reason I suddenly couldn't get anything down. It would take about 4 hours to drink an Protein shake. The only relief I would get when the doc would give me prednisone. It happened five times since Nov (about every two months) doc said that was way too much. He said I was having esophageal spasms. In some people the band will cause them.. Nothing was wrong with my band, no slip or erosion. I had my band removed Aug 26. I feel so much better. Eating normally again. Best of luck to you.