I just had my second fill. On my first fill I had 2cc added to an empty band, when I got my second fill my doctor said I only had 1.5 cc left in my band. He told me this was normal "absorption". I was a little surprised because it had only been 4 weeks between the first and the second fill. He added 1 cc this time , which puts me at .5cc over what I was to begin with and I really don't feel much restriction. I should have said something at the time, or had him put in more because my insurance doesn't pay for fills and it costs me $175.00 per fill. So for my second fill, for my .5cc, I paid 175.00.-- A little disappointing.
I have a question for you, pardon me if this is too nosy, but if you only need to loose 50lbs and with a BMI that low to begin with, how did you get banded? Or did I miss read your ticker?
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Hi SimplyMe,
I just had my second fill. On my first fill I had 2cc added to an empty band, when I got my second fill my doctor said I only had 1.5 cc left in my band. He told me this was normal "absorption". I was a little surprised because it had only been 4 weeks between the first and the second fill. He added 1 cc this time , which puts me at .5cc over what I was to begin with and I really don't feel much restriction. I should have said something at the time, or had him put in more because my insurance doesn't pay for fills and it costs me $175.00 per fill. So for my second fill, for my .5cc, I paid 175.00.-- A little disappointing.
I have a question for you, pardon me if this is too nosy, but if you only need to loose 50lbs and with a BMI that low to begin with, how did you get banded? Or did I miss read your ticker?