Think I Need to Be Unfilled a Bit...

[Miki 0]

Hey all -

Tell me what you think...

I had my third fill under flouro on Monday. My last fill before that was in the doctor's office on May 14th and only 0.2 cc. My surgeon probably wouldn't have filled me so soon, but I am going to NY for the summer next week...

Anyhow - he put in 1 cc so now I am at 5.2 cc total. Under the flouro, you could see the liquid slowly going seeping through the band. Since Monday, there have been two days where it seems that I could eat anything I wanted - everything went down fine (Dr only wants us on liquids day of fill and then back to normal).

The rest of the week has been everything getting stuck and I am in agonizing pain - the food eventually goes down, but the pain is horrendous, brings tears to my eyes, and takes a long time to subside - I've never had pain like this. I have not tried anything different than foods that I was already eating successfully. Also, for the first time yesterday, I had to throw up twice in one meal - the food just would not go down at all.

I made an appt to see my surgeon this Monday, but do you think that's what this is? That I am too tight and need to take some Fluid out?

I have not lost any weight because I don't think I've been getting enough food in to keep my metabolism going and I am constantly hungry, because I can barely get food down at a meal.

Any thoughts?

Thank you!!

[wishin4 0]

Miki it sounds like you may need a slight unfill. If you are taking tiny bites and waiting betweeen bites until you feel ok after swallowing and still having pain then it sounds as though you may need it. I have a tendancy to eat too fast so that happens to me alot if I am not completely focused when I eat. It is hard when you are with friends because you revert back to previous eating habits. I hope all goes well for you and you are ok for your trip.

[jencys 2]

So what are you eating that causes you to have the problems? I've found I just can't eat some foods. After this last fill I really had to get back to basics. Make sure I was taking super tiny bites and chewing them completely. I still can't eat much in the morning when I'm the hungriest, I can usually eat more later in the day. So I guess that is a hidden bonus.

I even had to start measuring out my foods as I had forgotten just how small 2 ozs really is