Air in the band - what does this mean

[Bonnie_Lass 1]

At one of my appointments, the doctor determined my band was a bit too tight and took .5 cc out. Part of what he got was air. Then the next appointment he went to put in .25cc and had a little trouble accessing the port so he withdrew some to make sure he had the port and got some air again.

Has anyone else had this? Does it mean anything? I've had issues with food sticking a lot sometimes, other times I don't have any problem. I thought I was chewing enough, but that is what they come back as the probable cause - not chewing enough or eating too fast. I also cannot eat in the morning (Protein shakes instead). Would there be any connection?

I keep intending to ask, but forget at the time - I will ask next time, but I was wondering if anyone else had come accross this before.

[AlienBandit 10]

I have had a few times where air was in my band as well.

The first time I thought I was over filled and convinced my doc to remove some saline from my band. As he was slowly taking saline out I felt instantly relieved and mentioned so, so he stopped and said my fill should be ok.

The next time I went to see him, he removed all of my fill ( and put in a new amount of saline which he does each visit) and I was shocked to see I had more saline in my band then I expected.

When I asked him why he didnt remove some saline the last fill he said that he was going to remove some of the fill but got air first and when I said I felt better he didnt need to remove some of the saline.

Apparently it happens sometimes.