As you know I go through the same thing. I just left my fill appt and returned with no fill. I explained that I recognize the restriction but I rarely feel satified. My doctor's office does fills under flurocoscopy (or however you spell it) so they can see a person's restriction. They loved my restriction on the xray, they loved my weight loss success thus far. The NP was afraid that even a tiny fill would put me into the red. I told her I felt like I was on the low end of green so she scheduled me to come back in two weeks. A few reminders that she gave me were more water, more protein (lots more protein than my journal indicated) less corn, carrots , sweet peas, and potatoes. I thought I was doing good in the veggies but apparantly they want more green veggies. They gave me some interesting printouts that stated some other suggestions including a jumpstart plan that looks like the pre-op diet. I'll type them up if you'd like.

We are in the same boat, I just blogged about something like this topic this morning.

thanks jmunks!! if its something you can type up or scan in, i'd love to read it! if it would be easier to send as an e-mail attachment, let me know. maybe i do need another jumpstart?

i read your blog today-----great minds think alike!!!

I have felt the same way. I had 9cc filled on a 14cc band and the x-ray folks insisted 4 weeks ago I should be able to feel strong restriction and not need additional fills. I left feeling bullied. That being said, I can eat anything I want with no problem. Occasionly I feel light restriction that passes in 1-2 minutes if I eat rice or swallow big bites without chewing. Most of the time, I cannot tell the band is there. I scheduled another fill next week. Hoping it makes a difference.