KATHAT

I am so glad I just read this. I have been soooooo frustrated. I have zero restriction but keep being told to take it slow. I did have one fill that caused an overfill (which was the very first time I ever even felt any type of restriction at all) and had to be completely emptied and re-start over. It was very depressing. So my doctor now only does .5cc each time or less. It is just hard because I feel as if I went through this surgery for nothing. I am going to keep plugging away and getting my fills and will pray I reach restriction/green zone... You gave me some hope though.

so its been almost a year and your not in the green yet??? yikes! have you lost any weight? I feel like I'm going down this same road! My doctor (through Kaiser) will not give more than .5cc per fill and will not do a fill more than once a month. I have a 10cc band too. I have ZERO restriction :-( and am 1 year post op and weigh exactly the same. I saw another doctor in November because mine wasn't available and he gave me 1cc fill which created an overfill and I couldn't even swallow my own saliva so they did a complete unfill the next day and made me wait another month to get a .5cc fill. So I was back at zero restriction and got depressed and didn't go back for 6 months. I have just today had my 4th .5cc fill since my unfill in November, so my calculation is that I should have 2cc in my band. Even after today's .5cc fill, I feel zero restriction. It is so frustrating. I am considering revision surgery to a sleeve or gastric bypass but am terrified of doing that. I am going to keep getting my monthly .5cc fills and if by the end of the year I still have no restriction then I am going to strongly consider a revision. I know people whom the band worked perfectly for and they hit "green" almost immediately. I have had no such luck. Sigh.