Pepper28

12grand, Houston Texas, True Results, but i decided to save 2grand & went for the band at 10grand. Biggest mistake of my life.

Good luck!

You are doing much better than I have been especially this last month!! I was banded Sept. 19th and with that and the pre-op diet I have lost about 25lbs. I ended up with the stomach flu 3 days after surgery and the 2cc I had in my 10cc band had to be taken out because I got so dehydrated. I had that 2'cc replaced a week later and have had one more fill of 1cc so a total of 3cc's. I am constantly hungry and have a hard time sticking to the amounts we are supposed to eat. I have seen a nutritionist and was told to try to get 60grams of Protein in a day. I find this so hard unless I use shakes and those to hold very long and I want to eat something instead of just having liquids. I have not exercised at all yet. I am so discouraged. I weighed myself this am and I have actually gained 2lbs and have just wanted to eat sweets which is usually not what I crave at all. Tomorrow is a new day and I plan to call and get in for a fill before Thanks Giving!! I live over an hour away from the clinic and from a support group.

Ur not gonna feel any restriction no time soon. So sorry to put it so bluntly. Expect 3-5 months of adjustments to feel consistent restriction this is the sad news they dont give us in pre-op

I was given 3cc's during surgery 2 weeks later i was starving & eating like i had no band there to stop me at all.

It will be 4 months december 1st for me im at 8ccs and the restriction is still inconsistent.

Restriction 5-7 days after the fill/adjustment. No restriction 5-7 days the 2nd week after the fill/adjustment

I go in Wednesday, day before Thanksgiving for another fill and i pray to the Heavens this will end this lap band roller coaster! Aka Bandster Hell

Im 8.0cc's in a 10cc band. I felt the restriction 7 days after the fill now ive felt nothing for 6 days. If it wasnt for all these lapband pamphlets laying around my house i'd forget i even had one in this second week.

My question is, when i get to 8.5cc's how long will the restriction/tightness/night coughs/reflux/heart burn last? A week? Two weeks? A month? If I dont get an unfill?

I will go on a liquid diet if need be.

The most ive ever gotten was 1.5cc's in one appt. It depends on how aggressive your filler decides to go.

From this site ive read of people getting 2-3cc's at a time.

So it ultimately depends on your surgeon's policies.

The shoulder pain can be attributed to the air/gas used during surgery & not the fills.

The gas/shoulder pains will subside around the 6-8th week maybe sooner.

I would have gone on a liquid diet for 3 weeks or as long as it takes until the vomitting stopped.

I say this now only because my restriction comes & goes & its so frustrating. Just to have CONSISTENT restriction after a fill longer than 5 days would mean the world to me!

12/1 will be 4 months searching for this consistent restriction & it always leaves me. Im even contemplating getting my mouth wired shut just to force myself into a liquid diet.

Anything to move the scale right now!

How much does your band hold? And youre at 3cc's now am i right?

The rule of thumb, from what ive gathered here on this site, is to allow 3-5 months of fills before getting to the green zone of no hunger & when u are hungry 4oz of food satisfies.

December 1st will be 4 months for me & i still feel the food restriction & hunger come & go.

I had my first fill a week ago. 3cc's. I have been hungry all week even though I have tried to eat 6 to 7 times a day. I didn't expect to be in the green right away but didn't expect to be this hungry. Not to mention the scale is not moving. Ugh...

This pain is typical after every fill for me.

Give it a few days, if u can tolerate it, it goes away as your restriction will eventually diminish over time

Same here. I was banded August 1st and still searching for the Green.

Im 8cc's in a 10cc band. First week was tight. I didnt notice until i began to add up the left over meals i wasnt able to finish

Now im back to eating again.

My next fill appt is Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. And i cant wait because im sure gonna need the will power

The doctor will have u drink a small bottle Water before leaving the office, u will feel the tightness, & i agree, i really doubt jst one fill will put U in the green zone.

It will be tight there in the office & maybe a few days thereafter, after that the hunger returns & it will be as if u dont have a band at all.

Write back in 7 days after your first fill & let us all know how its going for you.

Each person and their doctor will have a different approach. Heres what my restriction looked like at a recent fluoro checkup. This would have been before consuming anything except coffee for the day. And this level provides good restriction FOR ME.

Oh wow! This is smaller than a 'coffee stirrer' straw, how many cc's does your band hold & what cc are u filled too?

Im almost sure ur not able to tolerate bread nor starches for that matter, correct?

My last fill a week ago was under flouroscopy & she described the appearance as a 'Coffee Stirrer' and they prefer it be a little looser to be more of a 'Milk shake Straw' instead.

When i go back in a week i plan to bring a doughnut with me to show her if its REALLY as small as a coffee stirrer why am i still able to get bread down.

My appt is in the morning so it may not go down as well, but definitely during lunch and especially dinner its like i have no band at all.

Im 8cc's in a 10cc band by the way...

Its comfortable but comfortable im afraid will not move my scale!

I don't even know how to respond to that one.

Haha!!

Just another one of my many lap band rants to air the frustration goin on in my head.

Since i dont have any friends with lap bands this is the only place i feel someone has got to know what im talking about..

I had my first xray on 11/13 after my fill to 8cc's & my PA says it looks like a "coffee Stirrer" and they prefer a "Milk shake Straw" type closure instead.

Tomorrow will be 7 days w/8cc's i do still feel the restriction now on the 6th day. :D

I think at 8cc's I'm "comfortable". I'm tight in the mornings & late at night. lunch & dinner i can't take big bites but i CAN take big gulps though.

I think to see the scale move i should go tighter still. Maybe another half or so.

When i go on the 27th for the next fill I plan to bring an actual 'Coffee Stirrer' to the appointment...and also 1 shipley doughnut (bread) to eat it in her face to show just how well it goes down (if it goes down) since my appointment is in the morning it may not go down....LOL

Because she's at 8cc's in a 10cc band and has lost 60lbs in a year that's great, but I prefer a more aggressive weight loss than that. I've had 3 months of no loss at all.

Also, she unfills herself when ever she wants & refills herself when ever she wants. I sure wish i had that liberty....

I'm at over 14cc in a 14cc band. Sometimes you just have to crank that baby to 11! That being said, I exercise almost every day and I follow a low carb high protein/fat diet and avoid sugar, fruits, breads, rice, etc.

Are you really 14cc's in a 14cc band??

What cc are you at currently? How many cc's does ur band hold? At which cc did u find the greatest restriction?

At 8cc in a 10cc band as of today

The restriction at 7.5cc only lasted about 4-5 days after the fill

Praying this 8cc restriction stays around long enough to see a real loss.

If not, ill be wiring my mouth shut by Christmas.