I am a total moron when it comes to the whole restriction thing. All I know is that for 2 weeks, I really didn't think of food all that much, now it seems like I am WAY hungry in between meals and 6 ounces isn't really cutting it.

I had my last fill on 2/25 (.8ccs putting 4.2 total ccs in a 14 cc band) and it seemed to kick in about 2 weeks after that. Now, I am just hungry most of the time. Is it possible for restriction to all of a sudden disappear? The problem is that I am so tight in the morning, I don't want to have issues until I loosen up, but I notice these last few days that I'm not getting full and it's not lasting me very long. Should I call for another fill (doc will check restriction level under fluoro first before giving me anything, but I don't want to deal with taking another day off work and going through insurance hassles if I really don't need it).

Any thoughts or advice?

Since you don't have to pay out of pocket, I would go at least the floro would answer your questions.

Ive been told my my doc that after 2-3 weeks of a fill, you will loosen up. A fill causes minor swelling of the stomach, reason why we are to go on liquids. 2 weeks to the DAY of a fill, i loosen up every time. And as you lose weight, your band will slowly losen. This is what I have been told and it has rang true during m 9 month journey!

Ditto everything you just said.

I don't think it's a case of restriction 'going away' as it is of our swelling going down. Perhaps we've both been dealing with temporary restrictio due to swelling although 3 weeks of getting stuck and then nada?

Gets me down sometimes but I'm hanging in there.

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Ditto everything you just said.

I don't think it's a case of restriction 'going away' as it is of our swelling going down. Perhaps we've both been dealing with temporary restrictio due to swelling although 3 weeks of getting stuck and then nada?

Gets me down sometimes but I'm hanging in there.

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RIGHT???? I don't know what to do! It's a pain in the butt taking the day off to go there and I don't want to hear "you're already restricted". I am also wondering if it could be TOM (I just realized I'm expecting it by Friday). Maybe that could make me hungrier? Although some say they are tighter then (and I know I was when I got my first fill). I am waiting for the doc's office to call back so I can ask his assistant what I should do. It's like all of a sudden, I just want to eat, eat, eat and I have been doing so well for the most part.

I swear I will never figure this out. Are you going to go for another fill, Elfie? I recall you were saying you dropped like 13 lbs in a week and had great restriction. Why can't we just keep it for awhile? Sniff sniff!!!