band too tight?

[BiggestLoser 0]

Hello Everybody,

Just a main concern, I got my band for 2 years now and I did manage to lose about 100 pounds the first year but on this second year, and I am not kidding here, I just being able to lose 15 lbs. I am stuck at 300, but I am not sure if my band is too tight or what? I have tried several diets and exercise but regardless of what I do I am still not losing a single pound. I think that I may be "too tight" just because sometimes, I even have hard times swalloing saliva, but then again I can eat normal, so I am not sure what to do now. Has anybody has experienced anything like the symptoms I am describing?

Manuel

[Betsyjane 2]

Check with your doc and get a fluoro. I had that experience....sometimes I could eat everything, and in the mornings, I could eat nothing. Turns out I was gulping lots of liquid every day until noon and had a stretched pouch so the rest of the day, I could eat too much. All stemming from a too tight band.

Mine was fixed by going on liquids for 3 days and then sipping in the morning. I should have also had a slight unfill, but apparently I lost just enough stomach fat in the process that my band ceased to be too tight. Doing fine ever since. Some folks have to get a complete unfill, rest the stoma, and then start refilling. My Dr. office saw the difference in size in the stoma looking at old and current fluoro pics.

[BiggestLoser 0]

Check with your doc and get a fluoro. I had that experience....sometimes I could eat everything, and in the mornings, I could eat nothing. Turns out I was gulping lots of liquid every day until noon and had a stretched pouch so the rest of the day, I could eat too much. All stemming from a too tight band.

Mine was fixed by going on liquids for 3 days and then sipping in the morning. I should have also had a slight unfill, but apparently I lost just enough stomach fat in the process that my band ceased to be too tight. Doing fine ever since. Some folks have to get a complete unfill, rest the stoma, and then start refilling. My Dr. office saw the difference in size in the stoma looking at old and current fluoro pics.

Thanks Betsy for your repply, I am seeing my Dr. (Rumbaut) back in December, got filled the last time here near Houston and I am not sure if the "fill" dr. over here knew what she was doing.