bill'swife

Read this thread:
http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f13/how-lap-band-actually-works-fills-refills-41738/
It is a sticky thead in the forum you just posted this question in. It is a very informative thread and tells you most all you could ever think to ask about fills. It is WONDERFUL.

Yes if you PB, go onto liquids for awhile, give your stomach a chance to recover.
It sounds to me as though you did not need the last fill, and you may well be too tight. There is no law that you must get fills on a regular schedule. You should never be so tight as to only be able to eat pureed foods and liquids.
Why did you have the fill? Had you quit losing weight where you were?
Ideally if you are still able to control the hunger, with a proper diet high in Protein, low in sugar and carbs ideally----and are losing 1-2 pounds per week, then a fill is not indicated.
I am almost 2 years out, and have only had 2 fills the entire time, the last one was a year ago last July!!! I am not losing the 1-2 pounds a week anymore, but I am not hungry.....so I work on the weight myself, I feel it to be a safer approach. I have mild restriction.....but am able to eat any food----and try to get good nutrition from the food I take in.
The problem with being too tightm, besides the fact it might lead to erosion, is that when you are tight you end up eating higher calorie softer foods, that do not stay with you as long as lean Protein does. If your fills are causing you to PB more, and you know you are eating properly--small, well chewed bites, then I would discuss a small unfill with your Dr. So much better to be safe than sorry!
I can see how you find this scary---I would too. Hope you get some good answers---from those who have had more fills.
Good Luck!
Kat

Yes,
When I was thin at 130 and was a size 6 - All the guys are nice women are nasty to you. Now that I went up to 206 guys say things to me like " What happen to us - way did you gain so much weight. Or I heard from on so called friend " All your weight is in your ass ". Now I don't talk to no one I have kinda exclude myself from people. I am 4 11 and being 206 is alot on me. I have lost 16lbs and losing more.
Bye for now Hartsdream@aol.com

I do get treated differently than I did 100 lbs. ago(then I was @ 120 and now I am @ 235)....I am self conscience and paranoid now too though...maybe I'm different now...didn't feel this way then.