Pouch stretching??

fatandoverit · May 17, 2008

I p'b several times weekly for months.. ate too fast and it got stuck and then i would stand at the kitchen sink and spit it up.. I even would have to spit things up in my desk garbage can at work. I was sooooooo scared. I went last week for the barium swallow and everything was perfect.. no stretching no erosion. I would suggest slow down.. i still have probs when i think i have eaten slow and it still comes up.. i went on liquids and mushies for about a week and felt better

KarenH · May 17, 2008

thanks for the reply fatandoverit. I went to the doc last week. I had only lost 2.5 lbs. over the course of one month. I have to admit, I was eating Cookies and candy quite a bit because it doesn't get stuck.

He wanted to give me a fill, because while I have lost 30 pounds since 1/25/08, I am not where he would like me to be. I REALLY like and trust this doctor. I don't feel like he is pushing me. I explained that I am pb'ing several times a week, and always when eating with the family at dinner. We decided to wait a couple of weeks to allow me to work out my eating issues (practice eating slowly again).

I think I am having issues with losing more weight. I am currently at the weight that I get to by just dieting and then I always end up gaining it back. I need to sort this out, too.

I scheduled my next fill in 10 days. I will take the bull by the horns, and learn to eat more slowly, smaller portions and NO MORE SWEETS!

Thanks again and good luck to you, too! Karen

Penni60 · May 18, 2008

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but an erosion can't be diagnosed with a barium swallow. Only a slip or a stretch can be diagnosed with a barium. Well let me clarify this. The erosion can be diagnosed with a barium if it leaks to the outside of your stomach, but let's face it if it is that bad then off to surgery you go.

The erosion can only be definitively diagnosed with an Endoscopy (the doc takes a scope with a camera and light on the end of a flexible tube and puts this down your throat to look at your stomach and esophagus). And even then if the doc doesn't turn the scope around and look back at it's entry into the stomach an erosion can be missed. Mine was almost missed if the doc hadn't done this technique. I was eroded 50% into my stomach and had NO symptoms. I had the band in for 18 months.

I am one of the old bandsters that checks in every now and then. Don't feel the need to check in when you aren't banded anymore. And don't have the warm fuzzies that I used to when I came here so often a few years ago.

I wish you all well and happy losing.

I p'b several times weekly for months.. ate too fast and it got stuck and then i would stand at the kitchen sink and spit it up.. I even would have to spit things up in my desk garbage can at work. I was sooooooo scared. I went last week for the barium swallow and everything was perfect.. no stretching no erosion. I would suggest slow down.. i still have probs when i think i have eaten slow and it still comes up.. i went on liquids and mushies for about a week and felt better