HELP! :-)

[skinnyhereicome 41]

Okay all I am in desperate need of some consultation. I have hit my ultimate goal of weight loss gone from 229lbs to 135lbs in almost 2 years and would like to stay where I am however, I feel as though I need an unfill asap I have already had one a few months back and it feels like it continues to get tighter as I lose weight. Some days I can eat a little more than usual (1/2 to 1Cup) but then I have days like today where I can't even keep liquids down. Does anyone have any advice on what they do until they get into the dr.s? I have an appt. next Friday but darn it I need to eat and I hate this feeling of being uncomfortable.

[lisacaron 5,075]

@@SkinnyHereICome If there is no way for you to get to the Dr. sooner, I would tell you to just stick to liquids. Try having some warm liquids first to relax your esophagus and go back to Protein shakes until you can get there.

The more you stress about it the tighter your band is apt to feel. I know for me once that stress feeling is triggered my band is the first thing to tighten up. Some deep breathing, warm liquids and Protein Shakes.

Get yourself to your Dr. as soon as you can to take some Fluid out.

Let us know how your doing and congrats on reaching your goal!!

[skinnyhereicome 41]

Thank you so much I think what you were saying about being stressed makes it tighter is so true. I was able too move my Dr appt. Up to tues. Has this happened to you before?

[lisacaron 5,075]

Oh yes it has happened to me. I was in the green zone doing great and then I had a car accident. I was rear ended pretty hard by another car coming off the expressway and it messed up my back and my neck. The Dr.'s had me on all kinds of anti-inflammatory drugs and muscle relaxers. Right on the heels of that I got sick with a bad upper respiratory infection and even more medication had to be taken. All of this stress combined with the medications caused some internal swelling and it closed the stoma to my band nearly shut.

One morning I woke up and could not even swallow my own saliva. I didn't wait I drove myself right to the Dr.'s office and demanded to see someone ASAP. They sent me to radiology for a barium swallow and the Fluid just sat above the band and didn't move showing a pouch dilation as well, so they had to remove all the Fluid from the band.

It's been a bit of a process to get back, as my surgeon and his group left the practice and the care there totally changed. Today I am back on track and feeling pretty good. Still when I have those moments of stress that band cinches pretty tight and I know I really have to take it easy.

If you are too tight to keep fluids going down smoothly even Water, then I would get some fluid taken out sooner then later because you don't want to have a problem like I did and have all the fluid removed. A little out now will go a long way to keep you where you want to be.

Let me know how you do!