Band feels different now....two difficult fills

wryan1 · May 20, 2009

Hi everyone! I am looking for some advice/feedback, etc. I am 1year and four months post op. My band has been a wonderful tool towards my weight loss and I am thankful for every pound lost thus far. However, some thing feels to be a bit different after my last fill.

My last two fills were difficult for the doctor to actually get the needle into my port. She informed me that she thinks that I have alot of scar tissue now. I had reasonable restriction until the most recent fill. Since then, I have been starving!!! My restriction used to be in my upper chest and now if I feel any thing at all it is in my upper abdomen. I am able to eat foods that I have not been able to since surgery. And now I am gaining weight.

Has anyone experienced any of these things with their band??? I am so concerned that something is wrong! Thank you for any input.....Wendy

bandfun4me · May 20, 2009

I was banded 1/18/08. Maybe you are leaning towards your old eating habits, since you say you can eat things that you have NOT been able to up to now. Could be scar tissue, could be the port may be tilting since you have lost a lot of wt., He may be hitting the edge of the port, maybe suggest he do a fill under the flouro Your stomach walls are thinning out greatly with your wt loss, probably why your restriction is less. I would ask for another fill if you are gaining wt and not feeling any restriction. I now have 8.6 cc in a 10 cc band , last month they had to remove .4cc. Much better now. I can eat my suggested amoount and not bring on the dificult sliming and PB'g I was experiencing for about 4 weeks. You are doing great, don't for get those plateaus, I am about 10 lbs from goal, very hard to lose, and I exercise about 2 hrs daily, cardiox2, wt trn , yoga. .Holding my own for now. :unsure: