To fill or not to fill???

[shaunaruder 0]

Okay this may seem like a silly little question but I had my 2nd fill on Thursday (Oct. 5th). Since that fill I have felt every little thing go through my pouch and it hurts. food is not neccessarily getting stuck, it's still going through but it hurts.

I am wondering if I may need more fill so that the food stays in the pouch and digests a bit before leaving. I have not PB'd.

[GettingHealthyAgain 1]

Hi - when you say it hurts, is it intense pain, or more "discomfort"? If it's intense pain, then please call your doctor. If it's discomfort/mild pain, then that sounds like what I get when I eat dry, solid food, e.g. roast chicken, ever since I had my last fill about a month ago. When I swallow, it feels like the food is rubbing on tissue as it passes through the narrow opening of the lap band. It feels like my tissues are being a little irritated. It's gotten less over the past few weeks.

I've just assumed this is normal, but never asked...

Julie

[shaunaruder 0]

It's more discomfort than anything. It's not horrid paid. Only when the food gets stuck for any amount of time. But it is mainly with dry food. I just started on this fill process and had planned on getting another because I can still eat more than they recommend....

[TruBlueSue 0]

I just had my first fill 10/6, and can say that if I eat one more little tiny thing than the soft stop tells me to (my eyes are bigger than my stomach - LOL) I get that feeling...also - if I eat just about anything beef...get that flaming golfball from hell in the middle of my breastbone...