Nearly 6 years out, may be time to unband.

Will that get better? I fear that too and NEED MY MEATS!! Don't care about bread or pasta cuz I don't eat it. But I need meat and it is so problematic.

It is good to hear from you Nanner!  I had my band removed 9/4/12 for all the same reasons.  I did revise to a sleeve.  I do an almost all meat diet and unlike the band I can eat my meat.  Today I had 132 g protein.  I usually get 90-120 g protein a day.  I only lost doing Atkins pre-band and thought the band would help me stick with it.  I couldn't get the solid protein I needed with it.  You always were off doing so much and had such a great attitude.  I missed you.