Is that blood?

[Dragonfly8a 25]

So I've lost 100+ and I've been doing really good till my band got so tight from eating the wrong foods. I noticed I was throwing up my liquids too and there were partical like coffee grains. I did a little research and even called my clinic and it was blood. That problem got fixed after I got my band loosen up, from (10cc to 6ccs). After 2 months I went back to get fills (8ccs) and I'm not even as tight as I was that one time and my band is tight again and I'm struggling getting liquid in and when I throw up occassionally in the day I see the dry blood again. I have an appt in a few minutes to get it back to 6cc or whatever they recommend to let it heal again. Has this happened to any of you and am I going to be able to get back to the green zone? I don't care to ever be tight like I was when I lost most of my weight but I want to get to a good spot where I can control my eating and lose the rest of the weight (30lbs) by putting in good work at the gym. Can anyone guide me on this?

[lisacaron 5,075]

@@Dragonfly8a I'm sorry that you are going through this, and I have to be harsh with you here for a minute. If you are bleeding internally to the point that you are seeing this dried coffee ground like blood you need to do a little more then just loosen the band!

You need to get yourself to a Dr. and have an upper endoscopy done to make sure that there is no band erosion and/or slippage or other things like stomach ulcer and/ or the dreaded "c" word! No one wants to hear that but all those things can be possible so check it out and don't assume that it's all band related.

If you have the all clear, then you need to keep that band relatively loose and allow your self to heal. You know what to eat and what not to eat by now, and you can make this work by hitting they gym and turning that 30 pounds into lean muscle. Don't mess with your health and your life over 30 pounds it's not worth it. You have done amazing so far, keep living and enjoying life and take care of yourself!!

Please follow up and let us know how things are going.

[Dragonfly8a 25]

@@lisacaron Thank you so much for your advise. I know I'm guilty as charged. I know where I went wrong. My band was not as tight as it usually is and I took advantange and started eating stuff I'm not supposed to and this is what caused the irritation and swelling. I got carried away with the holidays and having so many family over for a whole week all we did is shop and eat and I went with it. They removed 2cc and now I have to give it a good month to let it heal and then I can start getting fills again .5 ccs at a time. I'm just glad that I don't have a slip. I love my band and I don't want to lose it. 7 months ago I experience the throwing up of blood and they losen my band and I was instructed to see my doctor and I did and got tested and everything came out good. The throwing up of blood stopped as soon as they removed 3ccs. This is the 2nd time this happens to me and I need to get it in my head that just because I can eat, it doesn't mean I should eat everything for example meats.