Am I too tight???

[missypshep 0]

Two weeks ago I had a fill. I followed the Drs orders and did the 2 days liquid and the 2 days mushy. A week later I baked a chicken and cabbage and sweet potatoes. I ate it without any issues. The next day, I could not eat it without an excrutiating pain in my upper chest. I thought i had gas and ate a whole pack of rolaids and I belched for a while but could not get a real good one out. Then, today, I got some Gas-X but the only thing that goes down without pain is warm drinks, Water (very slowly) and now I can eat yogurt. Do you think I need to get an unfill.

Please help

[Jodi_620 37]

Are you taking small bites (about the size of the fingernail on your index finger), chewing well and waiting for it to go down before taking the next bite? Are you making sure you don't drink during the meal? (the not drinking rule is mainly to keep from washing to food out, but I found out the hard way that drinking can also cause me to get stuck) Are ending your meal before you are full? How much are you eating? Did the chicken dry out when you reheated it? Did you feel the pain just when you ate the leftovers or did it hurt to eat other foods (breakfast)?

If you are following all the rules and all the above checks out, then maybe you are too tight.

[SuzanneG 1]

Sounds like your chicken got stuck. Since you were able to eat it the day before, I would think what Jodi said is likely the case, that your chicken dried out when you re-heated it. I can NOT eat meat leftovers for that very reason, always too dry when the microwave gets a hold of it.

If you've irritated your band, it probably is swollen now and you may need to do a couple days of liquids to allow it to get back to normal. It's kind of like biting your lip, once you do it, it swells and causes you to do it again and again. Same with the band when you get something stuck or PB.

Hope you're feeling better soon.

[tweety63 0]

Wow Suzanne only 12 lbs. to go great job!!!

[jkend50035 1]

Are you taking small bites (about the size of the fingernail on your index finger), chewing well and waiting for it to go down before taking the next bite? Are you making sure you don't drink during the meal? (the not drinking rule is mainly to keep from washing to food out, but I found out the hard way that drinking can also cause me to get stuck) Are ending your meal before you are full? How much are you eating? Did the chicken dry out when you reheated it? Did you feel the pain just when you ate the leftovers or did it hurt to eat other foods (breakfast)?

If you are following all the rules and all the above checks out, then maybe you are too tight.

Thanks Jodi--that was like a slap in my face. I hope and pray I can follow the rules you mentioned. I keep saying I'm too tight, but I just don't follow your rules, and some day it will enter my thick head and I will succeed!!

[missypshep 0]

Thank you - Yes I did reheat the food. I think I did irritate it. I am back on liquids and the pain is still there but not as intense as it started. I hope it heals up in a couple of days. I go to see my doctor tomorrow and hope it gets better. I can drink Water slowly without pain but my Protein Drink still has a little trouble going down without pain and the constant belching but it is getting better. I leave for Jamaica in 2 weeks and I so do want to eat some of the food there so I hope I dont have to loosen the band. Since my original band I have lost 125 pounds and I have 110 pounds left to loose. This is an amazing journey. I am so thankful for it!!!:confused:

[SuzanneG 1]

Wow Suzanne only 12 lbs. to go great job!!!

Thanks Tweety. Trying to lose these last 12 pounds has been such a struggle, but I'm not giving up! I'm hoping my newfound love of running is going to help me.

[Jodi_620 37]

Thanks Jodi--that was like a slap in my face. I hope and pray I can follow the rules you mentioned. I keep saying I'm too tight, but I just don't follow your rules, and some day it will enter my thick head and I will succeed!!

Your not alone, it is a long learning process to change a lifetime of bad eating habits. I still don't always practice what I preach-then the band reminds me in an unpleasant way and I learn my lesson...for a while, anyway.

[MarylandMommy 0]

I agree with Jodi...I have had issues with eating too fast/too large of bites....Good luck to you!