Hi,

So I posted the other day about the Dr. thinking if was losing fluid - only pulled out 2 when he should have pulled out 4.5.

He put the 2 plus 2 more back in , for a total of 4. That was on wednesday - and as of today i still cant eat anything solid no matter how small the bite or how much I chew - I have been living on protien shakes and yogurt and soup. while im not really complaining, this surely has to the get scale moving again - but how can i go from no restriction and loss of fluid to 4 cc being too much? How many days should i wait to see if it improves and i can eat something that requires chewing ?

Hi,

So I posted the other day about the Dr. thinking if was losing fluid - only pulled out 2 when he should have pulled out 4.5.

He put the 2 plus 2 more back in , for a total of 4. That was on wednesday - and as of today i still cant eat anything solid no matter how small the bite or how much I chew - I have been living on protien shakes and yogurt and soup. while im not really complaining, this surely has to the get scale moving again - but how can i go from no restriction and loss of fluid to 4 cc being too much? How many days should i wait to see if it improves and i can eat something that requires chewing ?

Well you have to keep in mind that although you had 4.5 in your band previously...when you had no restriction you only had 2 in your band...so putting 4 in is doubling what you were used to. I've only been too tight one time and it was to the point I couldn't get sips of water down without even hiccuping. I waited 4 days before I went back to the doctor out of fear of dehydrating. It was awful. If you can get some nutrition down without any problem I would give it a couple of weeks. I'm sure it will loosen up and it will be a great jumpstart and motivator for you!

How long did it take to go from 4.5 to 2? That is alot of fluid loss unless maybe it had been 3 or 4 months since your last fill?

I am totally using this as a motivator!! lol, just wasnt sure if i should be concerned or not. It is hard to say when the loss of fluid happened, my first fill was in nov 5 weeks post op, 4cc and my second was 5 weeks after that .5cc - at the second fill i did not check the fluid amount so i am not sure if it was lost at the first fill or after the second -thanks for the advice.

You probably did lose some after that first fill. I always ask the doc to see what's in me before I decide how much fill I want him to give. For example if I got a fill of 5.0 previously and I was tight then and hadn't lost much weight and only have 4.8 then I only go up to abou 5.2. But if I've lost over 10lbs then I go up about .5 cc because as you lose weight you will need more of a fill. I guess i'm just cautious because I've been overfilled and that was miserable.