I received the lap-band 12/09 everything went well as far as weight loss in the beginning. I went from weighing 250lbs. to 188lbs....Yeah!!! ...However I had to go and get all of my fills removed because I thought I was pregnant...After the false alarm...I began to pick the weight back up and now that I've been getting my fills back it seems the weight is soooo much harder to fall off....I'm not doing anything different than before but I can eat almost what I want and I'm at about 5cc's know. Before 4cc's was the most I had and I lost lots of weight...Can someone please tell me what the problem is?????...HELP>>>

Don't know the answer....but it seems a common issue that when someone gets a total un-fill, it is never quite the same....

does not make sense to me, but I hear it all the time....

I was banded in July 2010 and had a complete unfill December 2011but I didn't find it any tougher once they started re-filling a few months later. I'm actually at a lower fill level than I was before (4.0 cc vs almost 5 cc) the unfill and haven't had any new fills since July.

Are you journaling everything you eat? I started using My Fitness Pal about the time my fills started up again. I was pretty surprised to see how many calories I was taking in when I honestly wrote it all down.

Also, are you eating real food or using a lot of meal replacements like protein shakes and bars? Are you getting in enough protein and water?

Just my experience, but these are things that helped me to get back on track. I'm now at the lowest weight that I've been in over 23 years and still going down. Slowly losing, but still headed in the right direction.

Best of luck!

Keep getting fills till you find some restriction. It takes very little to hit that restriction point.

I'm having the same problem received lap band in june 2009 and ony lost 50lbs but in 2010 got a blockage, all fluid removed and and it seems now i can't get any restiction back

Edited February 18, 201313 yr by felisha40

I got banded on Nov 15, 2010 and was doing well until May 2011. I had a piece of food stuck and developed pneumonia within a few days after this incident. In early June, I developed severe acid reflux and had to have all the fluid in my band. We gradually re-filled the band. However, this acid reflux issue has occurred at least four more times. This past incident (10/26/12) was so painful that I was rushed to the ER & waited several hours until my surgeon was out of surgery. On November 7th I had a hysterectomy and didn't have any fluid put back in my band until 12/20/12. So far as of today (2/18/13) I have 4ccs and barely feels any restriction. I have gained 15 pounds since my hysterectomy and experiencing mood swings which I am now on Xanax. I am always the person encouraging others with the band that they can do this and help them through plateaus. Two of my friends have both lost 100 pounds and now weight less than me. I have only lost 50 pounds since my band surgery.

I've been unfilled three times, once for my body lift and twice for port revision surgery, and each time, the restriction level to get to my 'sweet spot' changed. I have needed increasingly higher levels of fill to achieve the same restriction.

Mind you, even people who have never been unfilled but who have had the band for a few years start to find that they move out of the 'green zone' and then have difficulty finding it again.

But don't be alarmed that you're up to 5cc. I currently have 9cc in my 10cc band, and have had 10cc in it before. You have some room yet to find the right level of restriction again.

ive heard it to be common with lots of bansters bc when u get it unfilled and then get it filled it almost like a defect it never gonna be the same i dont whats the cause of why it does that but u may want to discuss it with ur doc but that was great with how much weight u lost i read ur post i was like wow shes doing great keep of the good work im sure ur doc will fine a solution once u explaine ur concerns maybe he will give u more fill at ur next appt good luck

I know this thread is old, but here goes. I had an unfill recently due to gaining weight, not eating right and not exercising. Immediately following the unfill, I tried the 5 day pouch test. It has been amazing! Not only have I started feeling some restriction (that I have not felt in a long time) but I have also lost weight. I am stoked. I am supposed to see my surgeon again in about 4 weeks, wondering if I will need a fill? We shall see.

What is the 5 day pouch test? Thanks guyguys1

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