Once you reach your goal weight or are very near goal, how often do you need to see your lap-band doctor if you're maintaining your weight?

i have been seeing mine every few months but anticipate maybe every 6 months to a year if no fill is needed ...

My doc is down in LA so a 4-5 hour drive...I never go since my last fill which is more than a year. He e emails me sometimes to see how I am doing.

Mine has me coming in every 3 months, but I am only 15 months out. That may change again.

I have not even had the surgery yet, but they told me after 18 months it would be 6 months to a year inbetween visits depending on maintenance. They told me the band loses some fluid over time and they need to adjust but it is usually once a year.

I know you asked for people that had been at goal...sorry to bud in

You have done so awesome. It is nice to see success in others!

Every 6 months or so is the usual, because it gives you chance to check if everything is still ok and react to anything quickly if there are any problems.

I am about 9 lbs from goal and I go in for my 1 year at the end of the month. I guess I will find out then how often he will see me after that. For now, I go in every couple of months for a tweek with my fills. I think that they want to see you at least every year to check out everything, which is good. I think that you can keep this thing for awhile if you take care of it. Not over eating, not going very long with an overfill and trying not to get the stomach flu seems to be the key elements of keeping it in good shape.

I was going once a year or so, for a tiny top up fill. I found I needed that at about that interval. Then I had to unfill for another big surgery and have been seven or eight times in the last twelve months to get back to normal.