2nd Fill and having pain

Beagle · May 23, 2008

I had my second fill (now have 5 cc) and now when I am really hungery and eat, it hurts. The pain is like my food is stuck sidways going down my chest to my stomach. Very painful, but no feeling that I need to dump what I ate. If I stand up, it eases off and after several bites it doesn't bother me anymore. I can still eat anything that I want, but do feel that it is taking less to satisfy me.

I just got my second fill and before I had no restriction. I could eat anything, and everything, I ate before. The lapband habits (eating slowly, and chewing well) are gone, since I didn't need them. Now, I am trying to reform those, but am worried that those aren't the cause of my pain. I am concerned that maybe the band slipped and I am just now able to tell.

Has anyone else had this problem?

buffettchick1 · May 23, 2008

I'm having the exact same issues and the pain goes away when I "slime" it all up. My boyfriend is telling me to call the surgeon but I do not want to get unfilled. :-( I am OK with shakes and liquids but I "slime" on mushies. I am going to email my support group leader. Keep me posted on any good advice you get. I will try to drink hot tea before I eat to see if that will cut the thickness of the saliva and "open" up the band.

ssdown · May 23, 2008

I've had the same symptoms. Tightness and pain going down, but I can't eat anything that I want. I don't want to get an unfill yet. I thought that I'd wait until my next appointment in two weeks. I'm hoping that as I loose weight that the band will loosen. We'll see, huh? I have been sticking with soft mushy type foods and I'm loosing weight, which is good! SS

Beagle · May 27, 2008

I'm having the exact same issues and the pain goes away when I "slime" it all up. My boyfriend is telling me to call the surgeon but I do not want to get unfilled. :-( I am OK with shakes and liquids but I "slime" on mushies. I am going to email my support group leader. Keep me posted on any good advice you get. I will try to drink hot tea before I eat to see if that will cut the thickness of the saliva and "open" up the band.

I keep seeing people talk about "slime it up" or just "sliming". What is that?

juliegeraci · May 28, 2008

I had my second fill (now have 5 cc) and now when I am really hungery and eat, it hurts. The pain is like my food is stuck sidways going down my chest to my stomach. Very painful, but no feeling that I need to dump what I ate. If I stand up, it eases off and after several bites it doesn't bother me anymore. I can still eat anything that I want, but do feel that it is taking less to satisfy me.
If you are not PBing and it takes a few minutes and a few extra bites to go through it is first bite syndrome. This is quite common. If you drink when you eat it will either help or make you PB. Yes, the lapband habits will help. Bites the size of a pencil eraser okay.