Hey Banders, I have 9ccs in my 11cc band and I still do not have restriction! is there anyone out there haveing this problem? This is so frustrating to me! I dont know what to do....HELP

Hello TrravelinTurnip,

I have no restriction, not even if I eat fast or take a large bite. However, I don't get really hungry after eating, I can go about 4 hours between meals before I really need to eat but I'm just really off track right now. I'm home all day recovering from rotator cuff repair, so I'm kinda bored sitting home unable to do much. I find myself eating just out of boredom. If my band was a little tighter I would be able to eat a little less that would help me. I had an 8cc fill by accident last summer and had to get an unfill, currently I have 7cc but I'm not sure if he going to be willing to me back to 8cc, I can only hope he's willing to give it a try. Talk to your Doc and see if he's willing to give u a fill, keep trying until you get the restriction you need.

I dont have restriction either and my doctor uses the floro imagining and he says I look tight

At the time of your fill, you likely are plenty tight. Adding more would likely result in swelling requiring a slight unfill.

The thing is, that restriction is ephemeral. After a fill a couple of things can happen. First, whatever swelling we did experience during the fill goes down, "loosening" things up a bit. Secondly, over time and as we lose weight, the diameter of the stomach the band is actually wrapped around can decrease in size--also loosening things up.

For the first few fills, it's pretty typical NOT to feel much of any difference. It takes a while to get where you're going--and doing it too fast backfires.

the only thing I notice is longer periods between my hunger.

That is EXACTLY what you want to notice! As you get closer to restriction, you will likely also have an increased sense of, "I can't eat another bite!", too--and combined with the longer satiety between meals, you'll be golden.

(I have the not-one-more-bite already; I'm reaching for the longer satiety; today's fill? Hope so!)

So I was supposed to be at 9 cc's in a 10 cc band. I go yesterday to the doctor's for a fill and have him pull all the saline out to make sure I don't have a leak since I have no restriction yet. He pulls out 7 cc's. So he puts in 8 cc's and when he is pulling out the needle saline goes all over my arm so I don't really know how many cc's I have right now. I just hope that not too much came gushing out. I go back in a month and hope this mishap doesn't cost me so I don't over eat and it takes 2-3 hours in between my hunger pains. Fills are getting expensive and I have been going every month since Oct. Why can't I feel the gurgling and movement of the liquids or food going down my stoma like I read about. Where is my "sweet spot"? So that is my story for today and I'm sticking to it. :w00t:

:w00t::wink::thumbup:thanks for all of the encouragement! I am really trying to get back in focus. I just dont wanna ever gain. Keep sending the encouraging replies.