can someone tell me if this is a restriction?

[LA chula27 0]

It hurts everytime i eat something, no matter what it is. But i don't feel full when im done eating what im eating it just hurts everytime i swallow, I had my 1st fill two weeks ago but not sure if my restriction is good. I was give 3cc's. Can someone tell me please. I dont want to get an erotion or something. Thanks...

[lianna 3]

I assume you have the larger band with a 3cc initial fill? I know that when I got my first fill I was miserable. I felt every bite sit for a second and then squeeze through the stoma. It was painful. I went back to my doctor 2 weeks later and he actually did another small fill. It did the trick for me. I dont know what caused it, but I think I was in some gray area of not being restricted enough....yet having some restriction. The only other possibility is that you are still taking too big of bites, not chewing to mush, or swallowing bites too soon apart... all of which can cause that miserable feeling without actual sliming or PBing. Try having something warm to drink before eating, it truly helps, and practice all the things that might help. Hope it gets better soon!

[flabuless 18]

Wow jack....nicely explained...even i learned something and i am 14months post surgery!

becky

[beachgirl 2]

Do you have the larger band? If you have the smaller I would say that was too much fill. I had 2 cc's last week in my 4 cc's band, the smaller band and it was too much. I had to go back for a slight unfill and back to 1.6. I am gald I did he said that if I had of left it that tight, I mean I couldn't swallow any good, it would get stuck every time, that it would have eroded into my stomach. If you can't swallow small bites after chewing, chewing, chewing, I would sure get a small unfill. I know it's hard, I didn't want one either. Fills are expensive and mine are 10 hours round trip and have to stay in a hotel overnight. So with gas prices, hotel, and fill prices I sure didn't want to have taken out what I had just paid for but I'm self pay for my band surgery and I didn't want to risk losing the 10,000 I've already invested. Please have it taken out if you can't eat.