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I have had my band since late 05 and had lost about 70 pounds overall. I finally convinced myself to go in for another fill-which was very hard to do. I had not been in for a fill since 2006 but I had lost about 50 pounds since my last fill. I have been getting reflux about 1 time every 2 weeks mainly if we ate dinner late for several nites in a row. So I finally go in for a fill and the dr tells me that it has very slightly stretched. In his words "its not too big of a deal" but he took all of my fill out and told me to come back in a couple weeks. I havent thrown up in probably a year, I would get full somewhat fast but I have a bad habbit of drinking while eating. How bad can this be if I really didnt have symptoms of slippage and is slippage the same as streching it out a little? I am set to go into the Dr next tuesday for hopefully a fill, but I am stressed and have gained about 7 pounds. Can someone pull me back in from the cliff I feel like I am on?

Lastly, I am new here and I am glad I found this place.

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Your doc is the one to clarify what he meant (we can't read his mind) but if you drink and eat the odds are that what has been stretched is your pouch.

If you aren't ready to STOP drinking and eating, don't get refilled. Stretching the pouch, if caught early enough and before things are too dire, can usually be fixed by doing an unfill and letting it relax back down to it's old size (stomach material is VERY elastic) BUT if you don't quit "cheating" it will just stretch out again. If stretched out too much it can require band removal, I think.

So chill out, quit drinking and eating, don't overeat, and you'll be great!

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