Hi,<div>My doc always have me .5 cc's on my visits. She says its not good to add to much to the band at once, but all docs are different. It sounds like you need to get "unfilled". My surgery was in April of 09 and I have 5.5 cc's and finally have restriction. Hope this helps. </div>

We are in the same place right now...So nice to read your blog as I just had my 2nd fill on Wednesday (first fill was 1cc and I had NO restriction - gained 4 pounds over Christmas...2nd fill was going to be .5cc and I asked for more...She allowed me 1.5cc giving me a total of 2.5cc)...I now have the same restriction as you. I could eat 4-5 bites of soup and then the syliva builds up and I know some is about to come up.

I'm finding now that I understand that the chewing & small bites is a MUST...Since I didn't have any restriction till now my bites and portions were pretty normal.

What I'm finding is the smaller the bite and the more I chew the better it stays down. As long as liquid stays down fine and you can keep food down you should be good. I'm not getting unfilled - just going to figure out what works best and stick with it.

I was shocked that only 2.5cc in my band would give me this much restriction.

I was banded on Nov 19th and until this past Wednesday I had been so frusterated. Glad to be restricted.

Andrea

Thanks for the comments! It's now day 4 and I'm doing much better! I was able to eat some fish today...a little veggies and felt full, but no pain! Yeah! I am definitely more cautious about what I'm eating and I think I'm going to be ok. Good luck on your journey! Donna