AZDave

I was banded in Feb 2008 and I am down from 397 to just under 300. For the first 6 months, I had fills every few weeks or so. Many were 1/4 to 1/2 cc. I gradually got more restricted until it got to where I had sliming and throwing up but still was eating too much at a time. I went in for a follow up in October 2009, mostly because it had been 6 months and I thought it was time. I went ahead and got a fill to help with the overeating. From that day until now, I have had almost no restriction. I can even drink with food! A flouroscope showed no issues and I even had an endoscopy which was also clear. In Nov, I got a 1/2cc fill, another 1cc in December and another 1cc in February. That was my 16th fill. I still feel very little restriction and have to fight to not overeat. The surgeon has no real ideas on what might have happened. He speculates that the band may have settled a little or that I've lost fat under the band. Also, he says that a fill might have missed the port somehow. He drew most of the Fluid out and says that it seems to still be there and is also under adequate pressure to assure him that there is no leak in the system. Has anyone experienced anything like this?

The surgeon said that I have about 10cc in and about 5cc room left. I'm more interested in what happened after 13 fills to suddenly cause a significant loss of restriction. I read a lot of people talking about their 2nd, 3rd, 4th fills. Has anyone else had 10-15 fills?

I'm just getting around to checking out this site. I was banded 2-15-08 and have lost 48 including about 20 before surgery to reduce surgical risk. I had an expectation going in that the surgery results would be somewhat instant and that was reinforced by the first two weeks when I could eat only small amounts. Since then, I am able to eat more and am feeling hungry, even after 7 fills now. I'm closer but still not feeling like I'm green zone. Have never vomitted but have occassionally overdone it. I'm happy to have taken this step and am optomistic about my long term outlook! :sad_smile: