sharon.gore

I am at 1.7cc in a 4cc band. I was banded June 12, 2006

I do believe the swelling could cause your eating problem, but if you are a lot more restricted, that may just be it. On my last fill, there was no problem hitting the spot, but I did have some bruising, not bad, but I noticed it. When I have a fill, it seems that for the first day or so I can eat, then the band slams shut and I have to relearn how to deal with the new restriction. If you have any concern the doc is only a phone call away though, and I say call and be get reasurance.

how much do you have in your band now?? I hope this will work itself out, I understand that as you lose weight, you also lose around your stomach and that will make the band looser too, so maybe this will work itself out, if not by next Wednesday (when my doc does fills) I will go in for a slight unfill, not much, hopefully just enough.

Hi, I was banded on June 12th this year with a 4cc band. I went back in 9 wks for a fill and he put in 1cc, but when I went back in 2 wks he found a reduction in the saline in my band and said it was probably due to an air pocket, so he filled me back to 1cc, so I went back in 2 more weeks and he put in .5cc, that seemed tight at first, but not for very long and I wanted to eat at night, couldn't eat much in the AM, so I just drank a V-8 and Protein and crystal light, at noon I would try to eat and most times was able to. What I found is that if I could eat without PBing, I wanted to eat more than 4oz, had to really work at staying where I was supposed to be and was getting hungry before the next time to eat, so last Wednesday I went back and got another fill. This time he said do you want an aggressive fill, which would be .3cc or do you want a moderately aggressive fill which is .2cc? I had no clue and he said if you don't mind coming back next week if you need to, I would rather do a moderately aggressive fill. I am sure glad he did that because I am having a time eating anything much. Most days I can't eat more than a couple of bites and then I get the pain and pretty soon it is going to come up, and that is the only relief I get once it starts. I have had 2 days that I was able to eat and it was the right amount and I felt fine until time to eat again. Most of the days have not been that way. I take eraser size bites and chew and chew and chew, and after about 3 bites it wants to sit in my chest or at the base of my throat, and if I begin to sort of hiccup or belch, I can just head for the great white, because it is coming up and I am glad when it does. I want to give it some time, but if it continues I will go back and have maybe .1cc removed and try that. SharonG