Does anyone have a technical explanation why some bands get tighter after many weeks or even months after a fill? and you need to get a small unfill? This seems very odd that this would happen. I understand immediately or even up to a week or two because of swelling. Maybe if you gained a lot of weight back, which would be against any concept of the band to begin with.

OMG- I'm experiencing the same think this week. I had a fill 2 weeks ago and actually thought They made a mistake because I felt no restriction. As of yesterday everything I ate made me nauseated along with pain on my post side.

My Dr did say I wouldn't feel the affects of the fill for a few weeks. at the time it made no sense. Now Im showing symptoms of the fill.

This has happened to me in a very drastic way. My surgery was in Sept. 2009. I had a total of three fills, the last being at the end of January, 2010. Since then, I have gone back THREE times to get 1/2cc taken out.

I am now only at 2cc in my band. BUT, I have lost steadily and have just reached 80 lbs lost.

It's such a mystery to me but I love it.

And I've named my band Monty....as in Python.

I don't understand it either. I had my first and only fill in May, have since lost almost 40 lbs and it seems like it's getting tighter all the time. I'd get some removed, but my doctor is in another state and I don't have a trip planned until October. At this point I'm counting the days!

Sharon

I'm with Chapmar on this...Banded in Nov 09, my last fill was Feb 3rd. I'm going in on Sat for my 3rd unfill since then. It seems that since that last fill, every 20lbs I lose, I need an unfill. ugh. And I think I'm going to have to pay out of pocket this time. Switched jobs, and I have new insurance, and I don't think my dr is covered

This just happened to me. I had a fill two weeks ago and this week so tight that I could not drink Water without pain or it coming back up.

The Dr. ended up taking out what he put in and man what a difference. We have tried a couple of times to fill me to where I have been and keep getting it taken back out. I told him that unless I start having no restriction, I do not want any more fills. I am losing weight and enjoying myself while doing it (except for the fills).

I'm glad I saw this thread! I had my second fill on Wed. and have felt nothing from it. I had 2ccs put in in May and felt enough restriction to continue to lose. However, the Dr. originally put in 3 ccs and I had to have one taken out that same day.

This time, the Dr. told me that I had lost enough weight that 1 more cc should be good. About 30 minutes after I had 1 cc injected, I had to have .5 cc taken out. Now, I feel nothing and am very frustrated that any more is too much, but with this I'm not getting any benefit.

The idea that it may tighten up over time is making me feel a bit better. Although I don't want to have a band that is too tight, I do want to feel something.

I had the same thing happen to me 3 weeks ago they added .5 cc and I was fine for about a week and then I got super tight and anything thicker than water would come up. I went in today and they took out the .5 cc and they did a barium too just to make sure everything was alright, it was horrible though because I couldnt eat anything and I was misserable. I feel so relieved now that they took out that .5 cc. Now I am just worried that it will be to loose.

Some foods become more stuck after your band is tighter, and there is no reason to eat any of them. The big five are: Bread, Pasta, Sticky Rice, Rubbery Eggs, and Dry Chicken. The band will not tell you how much to eat. Measure your portions carefully.

I'm with you Galthom. I leave the doc's office after a fill tight..........and I don't get tighter over the weeks or months...........What does happen is I decide I want something - that I know I can't have because of the band - but I eat it any ways and boom......problem! Then my tummy is swollen and tender for some time and I have to baby it.......then back to no problems.

Banded 11/09

Lost 70 pounds

4 fills for a total of 6 cc in a 10 cc band

Well, an update. I started getting very tight again last week. I am now completely empty. Amazingly, I still have some restriction. And I still "gurgle" after I eat.

Doctor said to watch it close and if I start gaining to come back and we'll start fresh with fills.

I'm just hoping this does it. If I get tight again, I'll know it's a problem with the band and I do NOT want to even think about that.