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Yesterday went in for a fill and only 1cc of "old" fulid was in my band. I had my last fill back in June which brought me up to a total of 4cc. Where did the fulid go.. where are those other 3cc of fulid. The doctor took the 1cc out of "old looking fulid" is what he saild was in my band and he replaced 1cc I got back in 2 weeks and he is going to check to see if the 1cc is still there.

Where did the fulid go?

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Do a search for leaks, the missing fill, other related words, I have read threads dealing with losing saline and pockets of air in the port, things of that nature. It's on here somewhere and may give you some ideas about what's going on. A hole in the tubing? Just a guess, happy searching! And others will post here, too, I'm sure.

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If your doctor does not remove all of the air from your tubing during your first fill, this can happen...Many have experienced this. There is also a dead space in the band that needs to be filled also which does not count for saline in the actual balloon part of the band,(( I have .4 cc's in my dead space)) if your doctor does not fill that dead space, the same thing can happen. You will know if he removes the air from your tubing, trust me, it feels like you are having a heart attack and someone is squeezing your heart from the inside out...removing air from your tubing is only done once during your first fill....

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