Hello Friends,

My question of the day is what happens when your filled to capacity but dont have any real restriction? I have 9.5cc's in an 11cc band. I have a fill scheduled for Monday. I am getting nervous because I am not at the green zone yet. I am running out of room. So what happens when you get to 11cc's? Also I received my band 12/22/11 about 4 months ago. The weight loss has been very slow. I am down 32lbs as of today!

Crystal

Are you sure you have that much? It seems like an awful lot for only having a few fills.

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My question of the day is what happens when your filled to capacity but dont have any real restriction? I have 9.5cc's in an 11cc band. I have a fill scheduled for Monday. I am getting nervous because I am not at the green zone yet. I am running out of room. So what happens when you get to 11cc's? Also I received my band 12/22/11 about 4 months ago. The weight loss has been very slow. I am down 32lbs as of today!

Crystal[/quote']

I started restriction at 10.6 cc . So you are not alone

My doctor explained to me that it isn't necessarily restriction that you should feel but lack of hunger. He refers to the lap band as a tool. He says eat your measured amount and walk away. You should feel comfortable and not get hungry until time for your next meal. Do you get hungry between meals or is it that you just feel like you can eat so you do?

I suspect your port has been missed with some of that fill. At your next fill ask that the fluid be removed and measured.

I think hummingbird is right I was banded same day as you I have had two fills at 3 cc now in a 10 cc band I have restriction and I don't feel hungry between meal you may need to unfill to see what you have in band it also could have a leak but I have heard that some bands just lose small amt of fill over time.

My nurse did do a complete unfill and there had been minimal evaperation of the saline solution. It does evapurate just slower than water. So there was no leak. Some of us just need a lot more liquid to get restriction.