I need an unfill....

[Roheryn 0]

I had some multigrain toast last week...not much and I PB'd (So I am avoiding bread no matter what from now on!), I went onto liquids then went up to softs then harder food and I PB'd again. I have now taken to eating foods that are softer and go through my band easier subsequently I have put on about a kilo this week!

I am still uncomfortable and eating slower hasn't helped. Even these softer foods have been getting a little stuck!!

It is weird how i am ok, feeling great, great restriction, eating like I should and then a few weeks after the fill WHAM the restriction kicks in! But this time it came in with a vengeance!!

Booking in for unfill Friday!

[accountess 0]

Are you by chance going through TOM? That always causes me to feel extremely tight (well, it did before I had a leak). It would go away the day after I finished and I felt normally restricted again. Hopefully you can get it taken care of soon.

[lellow 1,713]

Oh no Ro, I don't know what's happened, but I so empathise with you.

I've found my band to be very fickle recently too. When I was in S'pore it was so tight I could barely eat anything for two weeks. Then when I got back, I booked an unfill but was advised to eat slowly and chew lots and was fine for a week.

Then last week, I felt like I lost all restriction and could eats heaps. This week, I'm tight again!

In fact today alone, I couldn't eat more than a couple of mouthfuls at lunch, but managed to put away a fair amount (more than usual) of exactly the same food for dinner.

I hope the unfill helps you, matey. I'm actually supposed to get another fill this Friday but am not sure whether I'll go ahead with it now.

[Roheryn 0]

I do get tighter at that TOM but that isn't the reason this time..and I am not OVERLY overfilled but any time I try to eat something a little more solid, I get stuck and want to vomit...and have several times now....I have made sure I eat slowly, doesn't help at times I can only have a couple of mouthfuls and that is it! Today I had some spaghetti sauce which was not solid at all and it started to get stuck!! I stopped eating for 10 mins then started again, stopped then started. I can't live with meals taking over an hour!!! I will take a little out and I should be ok! I just want to feel full. because at the moment most of what I am eating goes through pretty easily and then I get hungry and want to eat more. I have tried not to overeat crap but it is hard and I feel pretty tired because I don't think I am getting enough food.

It may be that mum and I won't need a whole lot to get that restriction. Mum hasn't had any fills and has been having problems with reflux and stuff...she is getting a gastroscopy tomorrow to get an idea of what is happening (tests have proved she hasn't had a slip), I hope they find an easy solution because she hasn't been very comfortable since she was banded. Dad on the other hand is doing great!

I guess I am just at that zone trying to find that sweet spot. I'll get there it has just been frustrating the past few weeks.

Who knows probably in a few more weeks I'll be complaining about having no restriction!! haha

[lellow 1,713]

Good luck today hun with your unfill. I'm still seeing my Dr today but am still unsure if I'll be getting more fill.

[Roheryn 0]

Unfill was easy...it was so good to be able to eat a meal without it getting stuck....you kinda get blase about it and really shouldn't...I feel kinda pissed at myself for leaving it the week and a half.....I am so going to be more on top of it next time. And hey at least this time I didn't have to go onto liquids then softs.

I heart my doc though he is very nice and really caring. He tut tutted me when I told him I had vomited... with an 'Ohhh Lisa', he worries and rightly so but I am feeling much better now and will not leave it long if I am overfilled next time, especially now I know what to expect when I am too tight!

So they took out 1mL then I am back in 2 weeks to get a 0.5mL put back in and then fills after that will be taken much slower.

Mum had her gastroscopy and they said everything looks ok. She knows something isn't right though and she thinks maybe it is unrelated to the band and it was just a coincidence that it happened around the time of the band so she'll go and see an Ear Nose and Throat doc just to check herself over.

But to forwarn you guys if you vomit, PB, my doc advises that you should go onto liquids for the next two meals then soft foods for one or two and then reintroduce the solid foods. If you then vomit again/have trouble with food getting stuck when you get to the solids, it is probable that you are overfilled and should probably have some taken out. So if this happens CALL YOUR DOCTOR and discuss it with them. Don't leave it too long, you don't want to cause a slip!!