I got my band February 11, 2010... I did pretty good my first year lost 60 lbs, then I got complacent and stopped trying... a year ago we moved to Washington and that's when I really stopped exercising.. rain was my excuse.. I gained back 10 lbs...

In July I had emergency back surgery, and they unfilled my band completly .. I got a fill afterwards but swelled shut and got some taken out the next day...

Finally, this month I got refilled under fleuro and am so tight again... the problem is, I'm so tight I'm unable to eat anything most days. coffee is difficult to get down I think because I put creamer in it (sugar free) Water goes down ok, but very slow. I know I'm tight but there is no common ground with these drs. At both my appointments they draw out all the Fluid, measure it, then add to it. If I get some fluid out I'll be too loose like last time. And then it's another $375 for another fill. They don't do it by cc's, they do it by xray... I just don't know what to do

-Sara B.

Banded 02/11/10

I've had to learn to live with less than perfect restriction. Before I unfilled my and 2 years ago for cancer surgery, it had been trouble free for five years. Since then, I either able to eat enough to gain if I leam self or I am too tight so that I have painful heartburn.

I've learned to control my appetite enough to control my weight, simple as that. It's possible to maintain but you'd have to be superhuman to lose. I cannot let up on the exercise. It's just never been the same - but it is still doing something. I was just lucky I was at goal.

I've had to learn to live with less than perfect restriction. Before I unfilled my and 2 years ago for cancer surgery' date=' it had been trouble free for five years. Since then, I either able to eat enough to gain if I leam self or I am too tight so that I have painful heartburn.

I've learned to control my appetite enough to control my weight, simple as that. It's possible to maintain but you'd have to be superhuman to lose. I cannot let up on the exercise. It's just never been the same - but it is still doing something. I was just lucky I was at goal.[/quote']

I so appreciate this post...I would live to get another fill, but I feel the same at least this month to exercise and control my portions. I do t want to feel so restricted I can't enjoy normal healthy eating. It's tough but I'm just not ready for a fill after a December unfill due to side effects of too much restriction.