CONFUSED: FILLS Restrict or Satiate?? What's SWEET SPOT?

[yelpir 0]

Hello! I'm new to this board and enjoyed reading a lot of the posts. I'm wondering if you'll be able to help me understand what the Lapband Fills are suppose to do. What's the Sweet Spot?

First, I've been banded for over 2 years and have not lost weight.

Post surgery - I followed the strict diet until I healed. When I started to introduce solid foods (chewing till its liquid, etc) I started to purge (PBing) the food. My band was not filled at the time and I was already PBing. Never Never felt Satiated or "FULL".

My understanding prior to getting this lapband - it was suppose to help as a "Tool" to make one feel satiated quickly with a small amount of food. I've been waiting for that! But have been PBing ever since post surgery.

OK, then they started to "fill" my band slowly. Each and everytime it just created PBing effects... and the nurses and those around me would tell me that I needed to chew my food more. Yes, I have and it's been mush going down.

I don't understand... Then each time I went back for an "Unfill" they would talk me into a "Fill" bc I haven't lost any weight. So then we Fill up again and the whole PBing cycle begins again.

I think I lived with this PBing at every meal for about a year before I went back and had them remove ALL of the Saline Fill. At this point I believe I stretched out my pouch bc I'm now able to eat with no saline in the band.

I want to understand - what is the Sweet spot? I've been PBing since day one of solid foods intro after surgery with NO FILL in the band till the time they removed All of the saline in my band.

I'm frustrated to no end! I don't know what the sweet spot is and what it's suppose to feel like. I've spent so much money on this lapband with NO RESULTS and its been extremely hard for me.

Has anyone else gone through this? I get so frustrated at times bc I'm not losing any weight and I'm contemplating getting Gastric bypass at this point.

Please help!!

(No bashing please)

[happy2lose 0]

I think you should sit down with your surgeon and ask him/her these questions. Not that I don't want to help you but it seems strange to me that in 2 years you haven't made any progress with your band and nobody involved in your care or surgery has offered any answers, advice or opinions that are helpful to you. If your surgeon is unable to help you perhaps you should consider finding a new doctor who will properly advise you as to what you should be doing or what you are doing wrong.

Good luck to you,

Donna