juanfa

Went in for a fill. They asked me what I had in the band. I told them I thought it was 6.8. They took all the fluid out, it was 7.0 then they proceeded to refill it with 7.0 so that I was exactly at where I had been before, they told me that I would get restriction now because the stomach was irritated by the unfill/fill. I told them I understand that but it will only be temporary restriction until the inflammation goes down then there will only be the same restriction as before which was not enough restriction. I live in Germany so language is an issue but has anyone ever gone in for a fill and had this done to them?

Hi, I had 6.3 ccs in my band but it was too loose. Next it was filled to 7.1 and was too tight. The the doc took out .3 to put me at 6.8 and it is too loose again. When the doc removed the .3 he made a comment about removing .3 but not knowing how much was in the syringe tube. I had never even considered the fluid in the syringe tube as an extra factor. Since there will always be that fluid in the tube that is not measured/in the syringe are all things equal? In other words, when the fluid is at the .3 mark in the syringe does the doc also then count what is in the tube and add that to the .3 or is that not factored in since the fluid in the syringe tube is always there? It also seems strange that 6.3 was too loose and 6.8 seems just as loose as 6.3, things don't seem calibrated correctly. I go back in on May 5th and think that I should ask to be filled to 6.95 since that is mid way between 6.8 and 7.1. Any advice? Thanks in advance for your responses.

Hi all, I had my surgery overseas and still live where I had my surgery. Due to the language barrier I am unsure what the standard procedure for fill costs are. Do you get charged for EVERY visit you make regardless of whether or not the fill is effective? Or do you get billed one time for an effective fill, no matter how many times you have to go to get that fill right? In other words, when I am too loose and can eat just about everything and I go to the Dr. and he gives me a fill but I still get no restriction and I have to go back a second and a third time are you billed for 3 fills or are you billed just once after the fill is appropriate? Thanks so much for any and all advice. JF