How many fills to feel restriction?

[Elise W 0]

Hi-

I'm due for my second fill tomorrow. I am 6 weeks post surgery. I have lost about 20 pounds but feel like I could eat the house now. I dont even have to chew and have absolutely no restriction. I had 1cc. put in last Friday. I called today and they said come in tomorrow for more. How long does it take for some restriction to start developing. I am assuming I will get another cc tomorrow so my total will be 2cc's. My dr. said I have a size 10 band, whatever that means! I'm ready to be less hungry and see if this band works.:help:

Hula

I had a similar experience. I have a 10 cm band. My first fill they gave me 3cc. I was still very hungry. The second fill they gave me 2cc so I was up to 5cc. I still didn't feel a lot of restriction but if I ate too fast, I would throw-up. Still hungry I went for the 3rd fill. They gave me 1cc bringing the total to 6cc. So far so good. Well, good luck to you. I was told that it takes at least 3 tries to find the "sweet spot".

Elise

[carol134 0]

I truly had my doubts as well as to whether the band was ever going to work. I have an 11cc band and it seems like now whenever I have had my last 2 fills each time it stayed a little longer than the last. I am hoping for the day that it will stay the way it does when I'm not hungry, and just losing the weight like I'm suppose too. I feel like right before the next fill I start getting very hungry and start to gain weight yet again!

[Trace Curry 1]

It takes 3-5 fills to get proper restriction. I've seen patients who have no restriction at all until the 5th fill. Everybody is differen!!

Good luck,

Dr. C

Cincinnati, Ohio

www.TheBandDoctor.com 877.442.BAND

DISCLAIMER: I am not your surgeon, any comments made by me are not meant to be taken as medical advice, just general guidelines. Contact your surgeon about your specific problem!

Hi-

I'm due for my second fill tomorrow. I am 6 weeks post surgery. I have lost about 20 pounds but feel like I could eat the house now. I dont even have to chew and have absolutely no restriction. I had 1cc. put in last Friday. I called today and they said come in tomorrow for more. How long does it take for some restriction to start developing. I am assuming I will get another cc tomorrow so my total will be 2cc's. My dr. said I have a size 10 band, whatever that means! I'm ready to be less hungry and see if this band works.:help:

Hula

[Lisa99 1]

Yes everyone is very different!

I have a 4cc capacity and after 1 fill am quite restricted. I have no idea how much the fill was though. I asked, but the patient advocate told me the "cc number" wasn't important since everyone reacts differently to a fill.

I didn't press the question since I had the fill done under fleuro and was able to see that the stoma opening was about the size of a drinking straw.

[carol134 0]

Dr. C: is the V.G. band the same as Vanguard I have the vanguard and someone told me that vanguard is only given in France or somewhere like that.

[Trace Curry 1]

VG = Vanguard, to my knowledge it's the same in France or US.

Dr. C

Cincinnati, Ohio

www.TheBandDoctor.com 877.442.BAND

DISCLAIMER: I am not your surgeon, any comments made by me are not meant to be taken as medical advice, just general guidelines. Contact your surgeon about your specific problem!

Dr. C: is the V.G. band the same as Vanguard I have the vanguard and someone told me that vanguard is only given in France or somewhere like that.