I'm sorry your having such a bad time and all. I hope it gets better soon. Good luck, and hold on.

~~~Stephanie

Hang in there! If after this next fill you are still hungry contact your doctor and tell him that you really need to speed things up.

I called last week and tried to get in earlier! He's pretty good in that he knows I know my own body and know when I need a fill. But he was away for a bit so I can't see him until this Friday.

I'm just impatient lol. I'm actually not having too bad a time with it I just want to get there already! With the leak it's been 16 months since I've felt real, lasting restriction and I don't want to wait any longer damnit! I've been fighting my food demons on my own for so long I just want the band to take over already.

I hope you find it. I find that the sensation a couple of years down the line is very different to initially. Things that were difficult to eat are easy to eat and I find t harder to stop myself grazing yet I still eat small portions. More fill doesn't seem to be an option as that then seems to lead to reflux.

Seems to be 1 of those weird but yet unexplained things about the band and how it works.

I agree completely elcee. That first 'green zone' feeling settled down and eventually I could eat most things just in smaller portions. Which was great for maintaining but not necessarily losing.

That's the part I miss though. The small portions, the not feeling hungry between meals, the ability to graze a little and not feel like I need to wolf it all down! I'm maintaining now but I could easily, so so easily eat more, so it's hard work. And walking away when I'm not even close to satisfied is hard to do 3 times a day. In fact if I'm distracted, before I know it, I've finished a huge plate of food (I did that yesterday ). It's just disheartening when I know the band would have reminded me to stop long before then.

I am just considering the procedure.... how often do you have to get the band filled or adjusted? Once they get it right for you, is that it? Or will you always have to return? I was a little confused about that.

If I'm not yet in the green zone, then I go back for fills every 3 weeks or so until I get to that point. Once you're in the green zone, you really don't have to go back except once or twice a year for check-ups.

When I was maintaining, I saw my dr 6 times in 3 years and some of those times I'd get a teeny tiny top-up fill, but really, there was very little maintenance when I was in the green zone and lost the weight.