Hi I am a Newbie too and I have already had my Lapband and really had no problemes as far as vomiting goes my problem is the fillings . I had my Surgery on Dec. 20th 2010 with a starting weight of 252 on the day of Surgery . I lost 19 lbs. on the diet they put me on 2 weeks prior. I had my 1st filling 4 weeks later on Jan. 17th 2011 and the 2nd fill on Feb. 21st. I am sceduled for a 3rd filling next week. I have only lost 7lbs since the surgery. The Doctor said everyone is different and it could take as many as 6 adjustments or fillings before we find the one that workes for me . My question is this......How many adjustments is the norm and is there anyone else out there who is having or has had the same problem? I really need some positive words that this is going to work.

Hi,

I am new on this website but thought it would be a good place to try to ask some questions. I had my lapband done in April 2008. I had it done at the Hospital Angelos in Tiajuana, Mexico. I had the first fill done about 3 months after (5cc). I was losing weight pretty good. I lost about 40 lbs in about 9 months since I got it done. Then I plateaued and did not lose anything at all for about 6-8 months so I went in to get it adjusted. I had originally 5 cc in, they put 7 in. When I had only 5 in there, I could eat pretty much whatever I liked, no problems whatsoever. When they put 7 in there, I had more trouble eating, I could definitly tell it was there and it stopped me from eating so much. The problem is, I gained back 30 lbs in less than 3 weeks!!! Since then, I have been struggling to get that weight back off again. I went back to the Dr a few months later (couldn;t get in for an appt) and tried to put more in put had problems with it. Dr took everything out and told me I needed to go to get a flouroscopy. Did that, long story short, now I have only 5 cc in there again and I can't eat anything! If I eat more than a few bites, it comes right back up! Never had that problem before. Even worse, it has been over 3 weeks now and I have not lost anything!!! I can;t go to the Dr til I get home which will be at least another week and I doubt I will be able to get an appt for a while longer. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what is wrong????? I am getting incredibly frustrated with all this, I had such high hopes that I would finally be able to lose some weight. Now I am thinking this might turn out to be just another failure. Has anyone else had such problems getting the right fit for the band to work right???

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