Hi, I'm new to this site today - I was banded May 27th, 2008 - I love my band! However, I'm experiencing the same problem. At the end of December I received a fill and three weeks later everything seemed to have thightened up more. I called my doctor and he told me for the next 3 days to go on full liquids. After the full liquids start with soft foods for a couple of days. If that doesn't help, I'm to call him on Monday and he will take the amount of fluid he put in the band out. He thinks that I may have eaten something that irritated the area and caused it to swell. We'll see.