What I thought was in the band wasn't...has that ever happened to you?

[LapbandKAB 22]

I had my surgery in Oct 2013 at a place where Kaiser Permanente sent me because at the time, they didn't have bariatric surgeons on staff. I followed up with the surgeon for 6 visits. I have 6.50cc in the band (or so I thought). Kaiser is now sending me to their own bariatric surgeon now that they have one. My first visit with him was today. I've been vomiting, so I know I needed to have some Fluid removed. At the original surgeon's office, I had 6.25cc in June and he added .25 so we thought I had 6.50cc in there. Well today, the new Dr removed all of the fluid just to make sure that I did have 6.50cc. He was going to remove some so I'd be somewhere in between 6.25 and 6.50. As it turned out, I had 7.3cc in the band. We know I just needed a little removed so he took me down to 7.1cc. So, we'll see how it goes now. But, has that happened to any of you where what you thought you had in there (and so did my original surgeon) was not correct?

[2muchfun 8,927]

That's a miniscule mistake. How much is in your band is irrelevant to how your level of satiety can be. Knowing how much is in the band is information, but not the type of information that is useful. The amount of saline in our bands does not equate to a particular level of satiety or restriction.

But it's good you had some removed. I too had some removed 2 years ago but then realized I was getting stuck because I was eating too fast and too big. It's a hard lesson to learn. So, I had them add it back and now I've been in the green zone for 4 months.