Tell me... am I going nuts?

[KarenG. 0]

I really feel like I am possibly losing my mind here... can someone tell me objectively but kindly if I am :regular_smile:

So I had pretty good restriction for three months but over the past month I had been getting hungry between meals so I went in for another fill on Wednesday.

My doctor took one look at me and was like you don't need a fill - you look thin. I still have like 25lbs to lose. Anyway he was game to try and give more saline based on my hunger but he put 1cc in - barium would not go through, he took out 1/2 cc still would not go through, then he took out almost everything he had put in and the barium went through - he said it ended up being less than 1/4 cc more than when I had come in.

SO, I go on liquids and mushies like usual but I am STARVING. So, this morning I am composing a long email and starting to keep a log for my nut. trying to figure out what is going on... also that I am now able to eat foods that have been problems for me for months.

FOr example this morning at 9 am I ate bread and smoked salmon -- yesterday I was able to eat a spicy tuna roll and fish and spinach at dinner last night AND birthday cake (mine).

SO I sit down and compose my long whiney email to the nut and then make myself some lunch because I am HUNGRY and about 1/2 way through a piece of toasted bread and ham sandwhich I feel a PB coming on?? Now, I feel like I can't eat anything but up until then for DAYS I felt zero restriction and was starving even after a meal. I am so confused... please help?

[Kat817 19]

Yep---you've done lost your mind!!! LOL--no, I have heard a lot of people have found that it takes several days for the exact restriction to kick in. My fill Dr. does not do the swallow test with each fill, he says he does not find it to be helpful. That swelling might totally block it off in a matter of hours, or as the fill moves through the band and the tubing, you might find yourself much more open in a matter of a day or 2. He said time and living with it, is our only way of knowing what will work for us.

That being said.....I have no idea why you can eat so much more even with the small fill----unless more ended up coming out than you thought maybe. The extreme foods might have caused some swelling, I mean, maybe your stomach reacted to the bread at Breakfast and swelled some which caused the PB at lunch.???? Just a guess!

I do know if you end up with a PB from it, go back to at least a few hours or a day of liquids, do not continue to irritate the stomach....or you could start a cycle that is very hard to break.

I can sense your frustration! Wish there was a clear cut answer to these fills! Wouldn't it be ideal if 2cc.'s worked for everyone!

Good Luck to you--let us know what you find out!

Kat

[KarenG. 0]

at least I am not going nuts! Thanks for your ideas... I guess I will just keep a food log and wait a bit and see what happens. Then whine to my nutritionist!