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My sister was banded the middle of July (a couple of mos before me) and since almost day one she has thrown up almost every meal. She is down to about 3-4 days a week of PBing but still does it. She can eat one thing on one day and the same thing the next day and will PB. She doesn't eat any carbs (or very few) and no sugars and very little fats. She also walks about 5-6 miles a day and I am worried she is going to get malnurished. She has seen her doctor and he has looked at her band and has said everything was fine. She even had her first fill at 5 weeks and when she went back to get her 2nd fill her doc wouldn't give her one since she was still losing weight! Of course she is going to lose weight, she can't keep anything down!!! :eek: She has explained the PBing to her Doc and he has no idea why it is happening! There has to be a better explanation than that! I keep telling her she needs a new doc!!! Has anyone else had this problem or have any advice? I think she might need to get the band removed or have them put in the VG band. She currently has the 4cc band. Any help would be great!!! :car:

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OK... when she SIPS Water, does it go through? If she can not keep sips of Water down then yes she needs a possible unfill.......

But she may be just like me......... I EAT TOO FAST! I TAKE TOO BIG OF BITES! I DO NOT CHEW GOOD ENOUGH!!!

All of the above will cause me to PB... my dh is constantly telling me to SLOW DOWN... it is so hard to remember to do this.

I like to supplement my diet with those protien slams/protein bullets... (like a big Jello shot) the kind I buy from GNC either have 27g protien or 42g........

Also I have good luck with SOUTH BEACH DIET protien bars but my new fave is the OHYeah wafers.........

Every morning I eat the Weight Control oatmeal w/milk.....

I hope this helps....... and I guess the short of it would be to evaluate if its her band tightness or her eating technique that is to blame.

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