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I am 4 weeks post conversion and I still have, what I like to call, a ghost band. I get stuck on food and I PB it right back up. Does that ever go away?

The doc said I had a big callus around my stomach where the band was that he had to shave down and I have another on my esophagus. Part of the draw to the sleeve was no PBing...and after my band broke, I lost all restriction, and I didn't PB at all....suddenly with the surgery I do.

Anyone have any insight?

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I'm guessing your innards are probably still swollen. I'd give it time and stick to pretty soft stuff well chewed.

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I get it if I eat too fast - even if I think I was going slower. Try slowing it down even more

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My surgeon was very conservative for band to sleeve revision patients the intro to solid food was 2 weeks slower than his normal protocol.

I think you might be doing too much or too fast or the wrong foods too early. It is NOT normal to vomit with the sleeve. The only times I have is when I wolfed food down too fast. Seriously consider calling your surgeon as this is not normal.

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Thank you guys!!! This is happening even if I sip on milk to early in the morning. The surgeon said that I "will have residual band like effects for a while because there is so much damage". I am slowing down even more and keeping it soft. It is helping. I think PBing is keeping me swollen.

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Thank you guys!!! This is happening even if I sip on milk to early in the morning. The surgeon said that I "will have residual band like effects for a while because there is so much damage". I am slowing down even more and keeping it soft. It is helping. I think PBing is keeping me swollen.

I had a band removed 5 years ago because of slippage, and it left a permanent stricture in the stomach where it had been placed (as if I still had a loose band there).

I'm 8 days post op for a sleeve and I just had an upper GI. The stricture is making my stomach still work like it has a band above the new tiny stomach. Right now it's an issue because it's very tight, but I'm hoping the inflammation will drop and I will not need it dilated.

Have you had an Upper GI to see what is really going on? Mine was specifically to check for leaks and my doctor does it as a routine step. In your case it might tell them what is happening as you sip in the morning (because they perform it after an 8 hour fast).

Also, it was just a few swallows of the liquid, not the huge cup of contrast.

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You just might have to follow the liquid phase longer than the rest of us

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I know if I eat too fast I will still slime. I don't spit up food, but I will spit up the jellyfish like stuff LOL.

I think us former bandsters do good on chewing food well, but I really did have to train myself to wait a few minutes in between actual bites. It is better at 2 months than it was at one month, so it may also have to do with residual swelling/healing.

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Thanks for your help everyone. In the last few days it is already happening less and less. I think it is just that I am swollen. I am trying to be really good and not eat too fast so that it will stop happening and reduce the swelling.

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I am band to sleeve and I had a little of that in the beginning too, but really nothing now (almost 4 months out)

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Glad it is improving but don't be afraid to call your surgeon. ..

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It finally went away. Took 8 freaking weeks...but I can eat normal slow and not stick

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