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Because I dont feel restriction on with my band and I do have the 9.75 band that holds 4-5cc my doctors want me to do an upper GI this week. They said they believe I have stretched my pouch. The big problem is they also said that if I did they were going to completely unfill me for several weeks. I cant afford to get unfilled then start the whole fill process over again especially since they wont give you more than 0.4 at a time and its 200 bucks per fill. I am sure I have stretched something out because I can eat more than I should be able to. I wonder if in a weeks time until the upper GI if I can start to shrink my pouch on my own and maybe I wont have to get an unfill. I dont know if its possible to shrink anything in this amount of time or not. Whats even worse is what if I am one of those people who have slipped and dont have symptoms with it. I dont know I would do I cant afford to repair something like that. My insurance doesnt cover anything else with the band.

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How is everything going? Did you have your upper GI? What was the outcome? Hope your doing okay.

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Gummiebear, I would try and cut your portions to maybe a 1/2cup and 800-1k calories a day. How much are you able to eat? Sometimes the pouch can get back to normal by itself. YOu also may want to go on liquids for a few days to see how you do. Good luck. I know you have done really well with the band.

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