no restriction all of a sudden....!

[mummakeyz 1]

hey guys,

I had lap band surgery 21st June this year so not that long ago, I have 6cc in at the moment after 2 fills and had quite a high restriction. All of a sudden I feel nothing....! to late to call my surgeons office should I be worried? has this happened to anyone before?
I have looked online and looked a symptoms of a slip but dose not quite fit, I am worried my band has unbuckled or I have sprung a leak somewhere?

please if you have any info let me know, thanks

[2muchfun 8,927]

See catfish87 profile.

[B-52 7,113]

hey guys,

I had lap band surgery 21st June this year so not that long ago, I have 6cc in at the moment after 2 fills and had quite a high restriction. All of a sudden I feel nothing....! to late to call my surgeons office should I be worried? has this happened to anyone before?

I have looked online and looked a symptoms of a slip but dose not quite fit, I am worried my band has unbuckled or I have sprung a leak somewhere?

please if you have any info let me know, thanks

I do not think that is a symptom of a slipped band, and yes, what you are experiencing is not unusual, especially within the first 6 months of weight loss...

Edited September 17, 2014 by B-52

[catfish87 3,471]

What do you mean by "all of the sudden I feel nothing"?

My band did in fact come unbuckled/unsnapped.

[mummakeyz 1]

hey Guys thanks for replies

@@catfish87 I had a second fill on the 24th of august taking me to 6cc in my band (first fill 4cc) I felt quite high restriction but was happy as I could still drink but eat very little at anytime. on Tuesday just gone I ate something and noticed it went down straight away and I hardly felt anything pass my band, I purposely ate a bigger bite as I put this down to the fact that I eat very small bits and chew loads now just out of habit, went down again without a hitch, I then gulped Water as a test to see if it was just me or is something really wrong again went down fine! I have noticed I can swallow bigger bites with much less chewing compared to the Saturday and Sunday eating with high restriction. loads of people have commented saying its normal for weight loss but for me to go from high restriction to none is not right, I could understand if restriction wore off but this was very sudden?

I have spoken with my personal adviser who works with the surgeons and have made an appointment for Sunday next week but I think they are just going to pull the Fluid out to see if I have lost any, I guess that will determine what s happening?

what happen to you and what was your symptoms for a unbuckle?

[MistyfortheMountain 119]

I had mine done last December. I find it to be moody. Some days I feel like I have no restriction at all. Then others I have trouble eating Soup. You may wake up tomorrow and your restriction will be back.

[catfish87 3,471]

@@catfish87 I had a second fill on the 24th of august taking me to 6cc in my band (first fill 4cc) I felt quite high restriction but was happy as I could still drink but eat very little at anytime. on Tuesday just gone I ate something and noticed it went down straight away and I hardly felt anything pass my band, I purposely ate a bigger bite as I put this down to the fact that I eat very small bits and chew loads now just out of habit, went down again without a hitch, I then gulped Water as a test to see if it was just me or is something really wrong again went down fine! I have noticed I can swallow bigger bites with much less chewing compared to the Saturday and Sunday eating with high restriction. loads of people have commented saying its normal for weight loss but for me to go from high restriction to none is not right, I could understand if restriction wore off but this was very sudden?

I have spoken with my personal adviser who works with the surgeons and have made an appointment for Sunday next week but I think they are just going to pull the Fluid out to see if I have lost any, I guess that will determine what s happening?

what happen to you and what was your symptoms for a unbuckle?

Pulling out the Fluid to make sure its all there will NOT show if a band has come unbuckled. I know this from firsthand experience. The fluid will all still be there. When my band had come unbuckled, it was only detected by using fluoroscopy. It was easily seen by my surgeon using that technique.

My symptoms:

I had received a couple/few small fills during the six months post op....blind fills (just guessing) were the norm during that time. I had started to detect I had some restriction after about the second adjustment. Then, similar to what you describe, it was ALL gone....NO restriction. I could (and did) eat a sandwich, just to test and confirm to myself. It was no different than before I even had a band. My surgeon continued giving blind fills, saying "you're just losing faster than we're getting your band adjusted, etc". After about 6 more months of that, I had about lost hope....it was just another diet!! My band wasn't doing anything. I started eating too much, and actually gained several pounds....I suck at dieting. I quit going to my surgeon for a year...disgusted/embarrassed, thinking this wasn't gonna work for me. I was gonna fail at surgery!.....or so I thought. I wen't back after a year long hiatus and he had started using fluoroscopy for all adjustments. It was very obvious what was wrong...and we scheduled me to have it corrected asap. I was the first one he'd ever had that happen to.....lucky me. My surgeon has over 20 years of experience performing WLS...so it happens.

I'd just suggest if there is any way possible, ask/demand for an adjustment using fluoro....it will show this....and much more. Best wishes! David

Edited September 22, 2014 by catfish87

[Janet Westmyer 3]

Dang, David that's a crazy story glad everything is ok now for you

[4everyoung 16]

I think this has happened to me also. My last fill was done under flouro, but it looked normal. The doctor was looking to see that all the Fluid was going into the band, and that there wasn't a problem with the fill tube, port, etc. Even though the cushions all filled up like they should, there was still a moderate opening in the center of the band, which should have been very small. In hindsight, while in x-ray, I should have taken something to eat, that way we could have seen if the band was expanding. I will feel slight pressure after a few bites, then the pressure goes away, and I can eat like I did before the band.

I did my first band with no pain meds at all, nothing. Not even tylenol. I dread that 24 hours after when your chest hurts so bad from the CO2. I just have a thing about taking pain killers.

Thanks for posting. I'm hoping to get this resolved, and back to losing weight!