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Seriously....I'm 43 years old and they now decide they need to remove my tonsils!

Band doctor's nurse said no, they wouldn't need to remove fill. Tonsil doctor didn't feel comfortable after talking to anesthesiologist so they called and spoke to Band doctor and he said absolutely have to remove fill and his nurse shouldn't have said that. I understand it is for my own safety and understand why.

Said he would put fill back in after the surgery, as soon as possible. Anyone know how long it should be before I get fill back in and do they have to do it 1 cc at a time like originally?

I'm kind of disappointed as I just hit 95 pound loss. It's not like I am getting an unfill and going crazy eating things because really....having tonsils removed is going to be liquids for two weeks.

Just curious if anyone knows. Thanks for any advise.

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I don't know about refilling it but I do know for sure it must be unfilled any time you have surgery. Good Luck and I hope you have a speedy recovery!

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I don't want to be a downer but in the end this does have an upside. I had my tonsils and adnoids (nose surgery) at 17. I have a lot of trouble with perscription pain meds so I was strickly on tylenol. It's was a hard couple weeks. You can't eat very much because of the pain. You have experience with Protein Shakes so that is an upside. Try to get a refill immediately after surgery. The first couple weeks you won't really be able to eat anyway. So you probably won't gain a lot of weight because you won't be eating very much. They probably will have to fill you gradually. My doctor will give a new fill every three weeks if neccessary.

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I had 7 cc's removed from my 10-12cc band when I was having chest pain. Once the doc determined I was ok to get filled back up, he started with 5.5. Going in today and hoping for another 1.5.

Doctors can vary like crazy though. I'm starting to wonder if some do small fills just so they can bill more. :laugh:

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Not ALL surgeries require unfills. But it is advisable if you are prone to nausea with anesthesia.

Personally I would rather have a little taken out pre-op than risk slipping my band from post-op N&V.

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Is the reason because of N and V? or is there a 'medical' purpose too? Just curious.

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I think it is to prevent the possibility of asperation (sp). Although in July I have major surgery where they had to remove my left ovary due to adhesions and attaching to other organs. The doctors ended up opening me up and luckly the general surgeon they called in was my LB doc. He did not feel that I needed to be unfilled.

Docs are different and probably also depends on the patient with the reaction to anesthia.

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So interesting. Being on this site has really made me understand that there are so many different methods of treatment that the whole second opinion thing is REALLY important.

Best of luck with the tonsils.

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