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I have had 4 fills and am going for my 5th one tomorrow. The nurse has done all of my fills. SHE IS EXCELLENT! I never feel a single thing. EVER.

I like pretty much anything. bath and body stuff. sports stuff. (raider fan). really anything. I'm easy.

my doc said the two main things that contribute to whether or not you will have loose skin is age and if you are a smoker. People who smoke have way less elasticity in their skin so they are more likely to have loose skin. But he also said there is no way to know no matter who you are. But bieng older and a smoker will pretty much guarantee you will have loose skin.

:help: Okay, this is going to sound very weird I know. I have restriction when I eat low fat yogurt but not when I eat regular solid foods ie: bread, meat, oatmeal, pretty much anything. Does anyone else feel restriction only when eating something you don't think you would have restriction on? I don't have restriction when I eat ANYTHING else.

last friday morning i had my 2nd fill bringing me to 2.5 in a 4cc band. i can only eat extememly soft food. I cannot even eat a hardboiled egg unless i mush it up with milk. If i try to eat anything like minced chicken it is a 45 minute process with mini bites...If i do get to big a piece going down it is 10 min of pain and threat of vomiting with hot flashes. ANY ONE HAVE THIS GOING ON?:help: I like the fact that i am eating about 1/3 of what i was prior to last week but my calorie count per day is only about 700. I would like to just revert to Protein shakes for Breakfast and eat my small itty bitty portions later in the day of soft food. But is it bad to not eat reg food at this point and should i have some Fluid taken out?

before i was not loosing but maybe 1 lb every two weeks.

Before you had your second fill, how was your restriction? And how much fill did they give you on your second fill? Happy you got restriction! :clap2:

My doc says he goes up to 5cc's in a 4cc band.

I have to wait 2 weeks in between fills and mine says he can go to 5 cc's in the 4 cc band, don't ask me why. LOL.

my doc also said he goes up to 5cc in a 4cc band.

I have 1 cc in a 4 cc band. My doctor refuses to give me a fill before 6 weeks and that means I won't be able to get another fill until after Thanksgiving. I am at a standstill with my weight and can still eat alot. My doctor also told me that once I get to 3 cc, he will not fill me. Has anyone else had this experience? My doctor keeps telling me it's not a miracle cure, just a tool. I understand that, but I am becoming really frustrated with the long wait in between fills.

I am in the same boat as you. Very frusrated at the long wait in between fills.

My band holds 4cc

First fill was 1.25

Second fill was .5

third fill was .5

still have no restriction. My doc makes all his patients wait 6 weeks between fills restriction or not. I'm a self pay and am really starting to regret my decision. I am still white knuckle dieting. I go in for yet another fill dec. 11th. I hope I am just bieng an impatient baby.

I started at a 26/28 . I am now in a size 20. I would like to get to 10.

I am 14 weeks out and have had 3 fills in my 4cc band.

first fill 1.25

second fill .5

3rd fill .5.

not a whole lot of restriction. getting frustrated that I am still white knuckle dieting. We'll see I guess.

I have had two fills in my 4cc band. I was banded August 1st. My first fill was 1.25cc and my second fill was .5cc. I still have yet to really feel restriction.

when they do a your fills, do they give you a little local first? mine did, I was amazed at that part. NOW I JUST WANT MY RESTRICTION DAMMIT! sorry, just hungry, lol.

Yes, I thought maybe I didn't even have a band until my last fill.:paranoid OMG, be careful what you wish for because I am so tight now. I barely drink and can't really eat. I am hoping it will get better after my TOM but I have an appointment on Tues. to get things checked out and possible unfill.

I am have 1.25 in a 4cc and I feel NOTHING. I'm just so discouraged. I'm not loosing anything for weeks. not gaining either but that happieness only goes so far.

welcome, I live in Elko Nevada. Just 250 miles west of you in interstate 80. I can't help you with the insurance question part though because I was self pay. Just wanted to welcome you.

to all of you who are at a perfect fill or need a little taken out. Were there times when you didnt' have enough and thougth it would never happen?

for some reason I cannot stand the taste of ham since banding. but that's it for me.

banded 7 weeks and at 1.25 cc

I thought I would be bold and just start my own thread to ask all the questions I have and to talk about my journey to skinny.:clap2:

I was l.ooking at the brochure the clinic sent me and it said I need Isopure or Isopro for the first week after surgery. Where do you buy that?

You can go to a GNC store or go to GNC.com

Ericsmom- I have posted this before but I will cut and paste it here for you too. We seem to have the same questions.

I have a 10 cm band. Which apparently is different from the 10cc band. When I asked my doc what the difference was, he said a 10cc vanguard band could hold 10cc (doy!) and the 10cm band could hold 4cc. But it is not uncommon for them to put 5cc's in the 4 cc band. When I asked him if that made it close to popping he laughed and said no. Why don't they just call it a 5cc band then? Sheesh people, and you went to medical school???? (just teasing if you are reading this doc watson! lol)

wow Diane. You have a very nice figure. I'm jealous!:clap2:

How long do you have to wait in between fills?

welcome Brad!

Not to get too personal, but is it that time of month or close to it? I have found that when I start PMS'ing, until shortly after I start, I am so bloated that I get extremely tight. Also, if I have not been drinking enough Water, I tend to retain it and get tight then too.

Just a couple of possible reasons.

OMG! I think that is exactly what it is. Wow. Good one.

Okay, I have been banded almost 6 weeks. I am due for my first fill on Sept 12. I had restriction the first 2/3 weeks due to swelling. For the last 2/3 weeks I have been exactly as I was before bieng banded. Able to eat anything I want and the amount that I want. I have not been binging like I have been used to most of my life. I have been "white knuckle dieting". Now, just a couple days before my first fill I am getting tighter and have restriction. Not the amount I think I should have but very noticable. I layed down to take a nap at 1pm as I have to work graves tonight. I woke up after 3 hours and was like this. What could cause this? very confused. :help:

WELCOME! You will find great support here. Congrats on banding.