My Too-tight Saga

My too-tight saga

Date Created: Jul 31, 2005, 06:01 PM

Here's a crazy story for ya: My last fill, 2 weeks ago, was tight. Really tight. I liked it, I was seeing good progress and although it caused me a few scary moments I didn't mind because the weight was coming off. Last weekend I went with my family camping in Wyoming and while there got tighter to the point where I could only sip water and ate just a few bites at each meal. Everything I tried to eat, or drink, hurt going down, even water. I figured if I could still drink though I wouldn't die and could endure till I got home. Got home on tuesday and it didn't improve I was SOOOOOO tight! Kept thinking it would get better, and yesterday it was worse! I felt like an anorexic, just nibbling tiny amounts of food and sipping tiny sips of water. I tried a little creamed soup for lunch yesterday (saturday), got down about 1/4 cup, then threw it back up. Now I was worried, I called the Dr. on call, my doctor, and explained the situation, he said if I was throwing up I would probably just get tighter because of irritation, and would close off. That didn't sound too good to me, so he told me to come down to Salt Lake and he'd do an unfill. He said he was running errands but had a fill kit in his car and would meet me somewhere, like the mall. Ha ha, said I, picturing myself laying on a bench in the hallway with my shirt up. So I drove to Salt Lake City, 1 and a half hours away feeling like a hand was squeezing my esophagus. I called him when I got to town and he told me he was at the mall! He told me to meet him at Nordstroms! I really thought he was kidding and asked him where he would do this, and he said, "Oh, anywhere." I hesitated so he said if my car seat could recline he would meet me in the parking lot! Well, at this point I was up for anything, so we met at Nordstroms and he followed me out to the car (in his bermuda shorts) and I reclined in the front seat and he pulled out .3 from my band. Whew, what a relief! I drank some water and thought I was in heaven, it went down without a hitch. So there's my saga. What a crazy experience, but I'm feeling SO much better. It was fun losing .5 per day though, I'll miss that, but it wasn't worth it. I weigh 215.