I know an individual, who was banded a year ago, and has had 12 FILS!!!!....Yes, 12!

He has also had 4-6 un-fils.....

He complains all the time how he is not loosing weight...haven't we all.....and is always saying how he desperately needs a fil.

But, after he gets that needed fil, he starts to complain how he cannot keep anything down....and runs back to get the fil taken out.

Then after a few weeks, he complains he can't control his eating, not loosing, etc,.....goes back and gets 1/2 of what was taken out put back in...as little as 1/2 cc.....

Which does very little, so the complaining starts again and he goes back and gets another 1/2cc put in.

THEN, he is upset because he can't keep anything down.....

This has been going back and forth, back and forth....

At one point he talked about how unhappy he is with his DR, and possibly getting a different Dr. because his was acting impatient and rude to him.....gee, I wonder why....

Then....after a year, he is starting to say the band is not working....the band is a failure and he is wasting is time...nothing but frustration....

Now I generally keep my mouth shut, not my place to tell people what to do...they're not my patients......but this is a case where he clearly thinks this is a magic bullet, and that there is no sacrifice on his part.....he cannot learn that one has to let go of certain foods, and the old ways of eating.....he has to accept the fact his life is about to change if he will cooperate.....but he wants to hold onto the past!!

I posted this because I just read another post by him this morning, and he is complaining he is not loosing weight, and he is at a plateau and looking for advice!!!

Tell him to become a member of this forum. The members here will straighten him out with lots of stuff. Sounds like he has trouble keeping food out of his mouth. That's an excessive amounts of fills/unfills in a 12 month period. My doctor would never allow this.

That is excessive. I think that some people are not aware that the lapband isn't the magic bullet they had assumed it was. Good luck,to him, Maybe he will come her for support. Karen