Help!!

[gingydilly 0]

Ok, I am FREAKING OUT! I got a really good fill about 2 1/2 weeks ago. It was super tight for the first week and then I felt like I got used to it after that. It had been going great until today, well this weekend. I got food poisoning on Friday and was sick all weekend, but not vomiting. Today at lunch (which I am usually very tight and can't eat much) I ate some lasagna with no problem. Then tonight at supper I ate more than I had all weekend. I am just completely paranoid that I have messed my band up with this sudden total lack of restriction. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!:party::sad::thumbup:

[Tamboh63 1]

This has been my experience as well. I think from others that I have spoken with, it is a normal thing to have great restriction one meal and not the next even. There are even foods that one time I can eat fine and other times they feel like they get stuck!

Tami

[gingydilly 0]

I have also lost about 8lbs since the fill so maybe it got looser or something. I feel a bit more restriction today but still not like I had before. It almost felt like I didn't have a band yesterday and it scared me!

[Chrisann 0]

I think some days we are tighter than others. I ate an awful lot on Saturday, and it all went down with nary a pain, burp, gurgle, cough....

Today, couldn't even drink Water this morning, tried just a piece of mozzarella cheese, cut small in the afternoon, and couldn't get that down either. Took me two hours to sip a Propel. Finally 8:00pm, went to the Mets game, and had a 4 piece chicken McNuggets. It took me nearly an hour to nibble on those.

So, don't feel bad you ate alot one day. I think if you are eating alot everyday, you need to get a fill.

[HeatherO 7]

My restriction can vary a lot from time to time. Some meals I can eat a lot of whatever I want. Some meals Soup doesn't even want to go down.

The band is fickle, but I have found that when you have good restriction, it works more often than not with limited times in the super-restricted or super-loose zones. I wouldn't be too worried if you have a couple of meals go down a little too easy . . . but if it keeps up you need another fill.

[Chrisann 0]

Got my "friend" today and only able to get a small amount of chicken down, about 4 bites at lunch. Made Italian Sausage for dinner, had a friend over, and ate just a small piece of a cut up sausage link. So, just made a Protein shake.

Looked back over my food journal and found that every month at this time, two days before, I eat like a pig, then for 3 days, can't get much down. At least I can see it with the journal, makes me freak out less.

I have an appt on Friday, first time in 6 weeks.