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Hi Saundra, Thanks for the quick reply. Do you have any suggestions of forums I might join that DO post a lot? Thanks, Sherry

Hi Everyone, I hope it's OK for me to join in with you all in your struggle. I was banded on January 20. Things are certainly not the way I envisioned, but overall I'm pretty happy with the process. I have to say I'm a little shocked to hear that you mostly had results after 2 or 3 fills. I didn't see any appreciable change until after 6 and right now I think I'm where I should have been in March, after 13 fills. I have lost 43 lbs since the surgery, (13 in the last 2 months - after lots and lots of fills) After having read some of the threads here, I think I will call my Dr's office today and find out how much my band holds and how much is in it. Thanks for letting me "in" Sherry

Hi - I'm new here and really glad to have found all of you. Have been peeking around, and thought I should introduce myself. I was banded in January, and have lost 41 lbs, but have not really gotten where I think the band should be. Perhaps my idea of the "sweet spot" is wrong. Anyone have that many fills and still feel hungry and find themselves eating too much? Glad to meet you! Sherry

Thanks for your replies, everyone. I really feel good knowing you're there for me. Have you also experienced huge inconsistencies in how your band restricts? For days I will not even feel its presence, then will come a couple of days I can't swallow much of anything! It's so strange! My doctor says that is not really unusual - that the stomach swells just like other parts of the body, more some days than others. Maybe I am there - at the "sweet spot" and don't even know it. food this week has been within the ranges set for me. I guess there are no absolutes - at least not in this. Thanks for responding!

I'm surprised to see that you all know so much about how much is in your band. My doctor doesn't tell me that. I don't know how much is going in. 2 times ago, he said "we're going for a record here", I think he mentioned that we were going above 10. It is a "large" band. (there was discussion about that, too. originally he wrote "reg" on the little card he gave me, but we looked again and it is a large. I feel a little silly not to know this stuff - but didn't know it was something I needed to keep track of. I will ask next time I go. Right now, I think it is working pretty well. I still don't have any food sensitivities, though. Can't point to anything that consistently won't go down. I can eat white bread with no problem.