Don't be afraid to get a tiny unfill if you need one!!!!

[SashaWLS 412]

Public Service Announcement :-)

Just in case anyone else out there is uncomfortable, yet fears getting a small unfill, I wanted to share how absolutely AMAZING I feel now that I got .2 taken out of the band!!!!

I've been having great weight loss, so I wanted to stay super tight, but I was also having a bunch of annoying symptoms. Heartburn when I'd never had it before. Totally unable to drink anything cold in the morning. Not able to drink more than a tiny sip at a time. Back ache after eating. etc...

Anyway, went to the doc for an unfill and now feel UNBELIEVABLE... I didn't realize that I'd end up feeling so good, or I would have done this a while ago... Every symptom went away immediately, and oddly, I'm actually less hungry between meals than I was before.

So if you suspect you might be a little too tight, don't feel like you have to tough it out or you won't lose weight.

[NaNa 878]

I totally agree! Having had the band for almost 8 years, many people get addicted to saline like a drug!

Some will not let go of any saline, if the scale is moving in the right direction, until it is WAY to late and they have irreversible band damage either to their esophagus or pouch, which causes horrible reflux and often band removal.

It should never hurt to have a band, I know sometimes it can be annoying and tricky to find the green zone without being too tight, but you have to ease up on restriction and once you get near the green zone, the subsequent fills should be very small like 0.1 and never a big fill.

[joannedt 83]

Funny you posted this today. I just got off the phone with my surgeons office. I asked them if its normal that I can't drink my coffee in the morning. They said yes! I get stuck every flipping time I try to eat as well. I'm miserable with the band. I've decided to get a very small .1 unfill tomorrow. I can't live this way! Hopefully I'll love my band tomorrow.