What happens when your band is filled completly?

[LarraineM 6]

I feel silly asking but,............. what happens once your band is filled to capasitity ? I have now 7cc in a 10 cc band. I ve been banded for a yr and a half. I ve just never read any thoughts on the subject?

[Cindy C 150]

It's very unlikely that it would ever happen.

[AlienBandit 10]

Some people need their band filled to have good restriction. From the people I know banded, I find that when people have the SAG band (swedish the version vefore realize) They need more fills and bigger amounts in their band for restriction. Lap band people dont seem to get close to filling their band. I had this band and was once at 10cc in 11cc band and had no problems eating many things and had to use a lot of will power to stop myself from eating breads etc.

I know two people right now who have the swedish band ( 11cc) and one is at 11cc and one is at 10.5cc.

Sometimes you can fill your band a little more since some of the saline stays in the tubing.

Iti is really strange how bands work cuz I now have the lap band ap and have 6.5 cc in it and I am almost at my sweet spot.

[Meliwriter 9]

I have a 10cc band and was at 8cc before i had any restriction at all. I was really worried about it and kept thinking something must be wrong because so many other people I talked with had restriction with much smaller amounts in their Fluid. I've had two different doctors and both told me that for some people it just works that way, everyone is different and you can actually fill the band slightly beyond the size. However like most people I did get to a point where any fills now are minimal and still making a huge difference in what I can eat. My current doctor actually talked about possibly doing an unfill because I was having trouble tolerating certain foods, but honestly I think I might have been eating too fast in those cases! Unfills sound scary to me.