Re: Everything's now stuck

[Guest guest]

Wednesday, May 17, 2006, 10:34:27 AM, you wrote:

> I've been having alot of probs lately, Im finding it very hard to eat

> solid food. I had a fill last month and things were okay but it seems

> my band got tighter overnight for no reason. Everythings getting

> stuck, except for soup which still feels uncomfortable going down. I

> can't even eat a teaspoonful of rice, any kind of pasta(which is a good

> thing) I don't know why everythings stuck all of a sudden, I'd see my

Well, yes, not being able to eat rice or pasta is a VERY good thing. I

can't eat either one, thank goodness. Well, could if it had a LOT of

sauce on it and I chewed a LOT, but why bother?

> doctor but he's in a different province and noone knows how to do it

> here. Anyone know why it would get stuck all of a sudden?

We all vary from day to day, hour to hour. Mine doesn't vary too much

day to day, but when it does I have NO idea why. I'm always MUCH

tighter in the morning, looser in PM. Various theories why, but they

don't matter, since it just IS.

> I didn't

> throw up alot or stuff myself, so I don't know why the band would

> slip....help...

Not likely it slipped.

dan

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Dan Lester, Boise, ID honu@... www.mylapband.tk

Dr. Ortiz, Tijuana, 4/28/03

323/209/199 Age 63 The road goes on forever.....

[Guest guest]

Amy said //I had a fill last month and things were okay but it seems

my band got tighter overnight for no reason. Everythings getting

stuck, except for soup which still feels uncomfortable going down.//

Hi Amy,

I had to go in for an unfill on Monday because I suddenly got much

tighter and couldn't even drink my morning latte. This was just

confirmation for me that my tightness varies based on my allergies,

especially the pollens. To check if it is allergies, you can take

antihistamines and see if that helps. Or do what I did, try to stick it

out for a week, and if it doesn't loosen back up, then go get an unfill.

Hope this helps,

Liz in Bellevue, WA

[Guest guest]

The band never gets tighter " for no reason " , i'm afraid. the stoma

swelles only with problems.

These are the common possibilities, and these get more common with

bigger and bigger fills:

The old TINY bites (pea-sized) and thorough chewing. with every fill,

you must get better and better with these, and with good band food

choice

dehydration. if you're not getting a min of 64-100 of no-calorie fluid

a day, your GI tissues dry out, and then they can swell and are even

more irritated by common gastric irritants - coffee, alcohol, etc

too large pills. All pills and leds need to be smaller than an aspirin.

Anyitbiotics, especaiily, cause a lot of trouble. Peoplw who don't

take routine medws, often forget to ask for small tabs or liquids when

they are given an RX. ?you should speak to both your doc and your

pharmacy to have them help you remember.

You forgot to go back to liquids for a meal or 2 eveery time you barf

or pb, to allow the stoma to heal

At this point, you really need to go back to liquids only for maybe 3-4

days to allow your stoma a complete rst and healing time. then , with

grat care, try solids again. If you have ANY trouble, you need an

unfill beffpoe you get into more trouble.

Please don't try to keep a too-tight fill. you'll have trouble, and end

up even further behind.

If it's been more than a few months since your last fluoro, it would be

good to have one to be sure all is well. even a few episodes of barfing

can cause a band slip, and unless it is a big one, the symptoms can be

vague - just like yours now.

rice and pasta are both on the list of things to avoid with the band.

you might want to review all the basaic rules again. there really is a

reasaon why each is given - and it's becuase it is necessary!

Good luck - Sandy R

Kuri, at goal x 2 yrs

www.BandsterME.com

>

> I've been having alot of probs lately, Im finding it very hard to eat

> solid food. I had a fill last month and things were okay but it

seems

> my band got tighter overnight for no reason. Everythings getting

> stuck, except for soup which still feels uncomfortable going down. I

> can't even eat a teaspoonful of rice, any kind of pasta(which is a

good

> thing) I don't know why everythings stuck all of a sudden, I'd see my

> doctor but he's in a different province and noone knows how to do it

> here. Anyone know why it would get stuck all of a sudden? I didn't

> throw up alot or stuff myself, so I don't know why the band would

> slip....help...

>

> Banded Oct 13 2005 down 50lbs

>