Please Help.......need Some Advice

Sweety · September 22, 2007

OKAY, I HAD MY 4TH FILL 3 WEEKS AGO. I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS GOING PRETTY GOOD. I AM NOT SURE IF MY FILL HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE TIGHTER OR WHAT. I CANNOT EAT ANYTHING W/OUT IT COMING BACK UP. I EAT Soup WITH ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS. I CAN ALSO EAT JUNK PRETTY GOOD AS WELL. I TRY TO EAT OTHER THINGS, BUT IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME BACK UP. I GET THAT TERRIBLE PAIN IN MY LEFT SHOULDER AFTER ONLY ABOUT TWO BITES OF food. IS THIS JUST GOOD RESTRICTION, OR IS IT TOO MUCH RESTRICTION? ANY REPLIES WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. IF IT IS TOO MUCH OF A FILL, HOW DO THEY DETERMINE HOW MUCH THEY TAKE OUT? I HAVE ALSO BEEN AT THE SAME WEIGHT OF 200 LBS. FOR THE PAST 3 WEEKS. I THOUGHT FOR SURE I WOULD BE IN THE 100'S IF I WAS AT GOOD RESTRICTION. THIS IS JUST VERY FRUSTRATING.

lindaa · September 22, 2007

Sweetie, You might be a little overfilled. I guess it's not uncommon for the band to "tighten" up a couple of days to a couple of weeks after a fill. The best thing would be to call your doctor's office and see what they have to say. I find that some days are better than others--things that I was able to eat one day cause me to PB the next. I don't get it either, but I just take one day at a time. As long as I'm feeling OK and keeping up with my life, I try not to worry about it.

I hope someone else has more advice for you, but frankly, your doctor is the expert, so I'd defer to him/her.

connie_w · September 23, 2007

I was having the same problems as you. I got my lap band 12-27-05. I've lost 85 lbs and then stopped, staying within 5 lbs for last 6 months. Aug 2d requested another fill, had 2.2 in a 4cc band. Everything solid came back up. I could eat "junk" foods and liquids fine. I went back to the doctor last Monday and he removed all my fill and sent me for a swallow test. The band and stomach are fine but the dr. will not start the re-fill for six weeks to let the swelling go down in my stomach. Now I'm hungry all the time and scared to death I'll start gaing weight. I've even joined weight watchers to try and stay stable until I can get the fill. If you fill like you are too tight, don't wait as long as I did. Being without a fill is like a tightrope walker without a net. VERY SCARY!!!!