Fills.....????

[MommyMayhem 0]

I have this perception of a fill -- please tell me if i am right or wrong:

The doctor keeps putting in more and more saline into the ring - to tighten the stomach -- and after a few months of the stomach getting stretched out -- they do another fill -- isnt this just like gastric bypass -- by making a smaller stomach only to keep stretching it out?

I was very excited about the procedure until I started to read about the fills..I dont want to mess my insides up by stretching it.

The saline doesnt go anywhere right ---- so after every fill -- you end up with a gigantic balloon around your tummy..no?

Someone set me straight! Lol...

[GayleTX 1]

You need to do some googling and some reading from some professional websites. Your vision is pretty far removed from what actually happens.

[tammyj 15]

From what I understand (and I'm still learning so I may be wrong). Several fills maybe needed NOT because they have stretched their stomachs and need to make it tighter again, but because it may take several fills to reach what some call "the sweet spot". The band is filled a little at a time until proper restriction is achieved.

[GayleTX 1]

See the pix at bottom of page

http://www.pswecare.com/lap_band.htm?gclid=CPbKtdrOxIkCFRzkYAodMXvUOA

[MommyMayhem 0]

See the pix at bottom of page

http://www.pswecare.com/lap_band.htm?gclid=CPbKtdrOxIkCFRzkYAodMXvUOA

this definitly helped thankS!