Advice, Encouragement or Wisdom

[TXBlueBonnet 0]

Hi, Everyone!

I am looking for a little advice. I was banded August of 07 and everything has been great since then. Each fill gave me a little more restriction and lasted for about 4 weeks before needing adjustment. I have lost steadily and am currently at about 42 poinds lost. Here is the problem: My last fill was on December 19th and this fill has been very confusing. At the time of the fill I did the barium swallow and had one adjustment right then, did another swallow and went out into the hall way to drink half a bottle of Water to insure things were ok. The Water went down and everything seemed fine. Keep in mind that I have moved 1600 miles away from my original surgeon and continue to fly home for aftercare. Since this fill I have had vomiting and sliming. I can't drink anything cold until mid afternonon and even then sometimes the Fluid just seems to be sitting on top of the band. If this was constant I would know that I needed an unfill. But there is no rhyme or reason to this. Some meals I can sit and eat a whole chicken breast with no problem. The next meal I may not be able to keep a spoonful down. It isn't every day, it is random. I do try to stick to band friendly foods and eat slowly and chew everything to a paste. In the last few days the scale has actually gone up about 5 pounds. I am going back to the doctor on February 8th, but I am scared to death pf getting an unfill. I know that things can't continue as they are, but the thought of an unfill scares me to death.

Have any of you experienced this? If so, how did things work out.

I know I need to find a local doctor, the though of changing less than a year into this is just a little overwhleming.

Thanks for your help!<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

[JaxBandster 11]

Sometimes a very small unfill will be just enough to get you in exactly the right spot. I wouldn't be afraid of it. You can't continue the way you are going right now unless you stick with fluids until your band settles down.

[TXBlueBonnet 0]

Thanks. I think it is the mental picture of the unfill that just about kills it for me. I thought this fill was the magic one with great restriction. And it started out that way. But some days I sit around just trying to swallow my own saliva. Today I did liquids and mushies only, but I know my doctor wouldn't agree with that long term.