understanding fills

wanttobethin1 · July 2, 2006

My sister and I had our surgery 8/2005. I have only lost 25 pds. It took me a long time to find a Doctor since I had my surgery in TJ Mexico 4 months after surgery I had my fill 1 cc. I have a 4cc Inmed band. I went for first fill in Jan. With no resriction I returned in Feb. to find that there was nothing in my band. The Doctor said that I might have a leak so he used something use to do my fill with 1 1/2 cc. With no restriction I returned in March to find that he stated that there was a fill in it this time with 5 lbs lost he didn't want to give me another fill but he did now up to

2 1/2 cc still to this day no retrictions no more fills. I want to find a Doctor Iin Tn. or some were close to Memphis TN that will do fill under floroscopy.... I just feel that the Doctor was not hitting the port. I don't uerstand this fill business. I have read so much but don't have a clear understand even after speaking to a Doctor. How can you have a 4cc band but have 41/2 to more fills HELP>

Elisabethsew · July 2, 2006

I posted to you on another thread but a 4cc band holds 4 cc's of AIR. The MD should aspirate the air out of the port the first time you have a fill. My 4cc Inamed Vanguard band holds 10 or 11 cc's of saline but even that can be "stretched" to more. I felt no restriction with the first fill of 1.5 cc's. The second one was 3 cc's for a total of 4.5 cc's and that did the trick. You need another fill.

RTWISDALE · July 3, 2006

I have not been told this before and all the reading I have not seen this... So I will try again it has been so upsetting to continue to spend this kind of money with out some kind of weight loss...