I can speak from experience. I was banded on March 9, 2009 where then several months later I got to a sweet spot, I had 7 cc in my 10 cc band. At this point, I hadn't had a fill since Feb. 2011. And that fill was so dinky, I'd even hardly call it a fill was like .2ccs. Well, little less than a month ago I was having issues to the point where I couldn't keep much of anything down except for crap. So a month ago, went to the doctors and they took out 3 cc at that time. During this time I was on liquids for 2 weeks then solids the other two and of course gained 7 lbs, because I had no restriction at all even though had 4 ccs in the band. In the meantime, the following week after the unfill, I had to have my gallbladder taken out and this was the root of most of my evil. So yesterday, I went back for a fill. I knew I was going to gain, because after the unfill everything went through the band and I felt zero restriction. So went back yesterday and got 2.5 put back in plus added 8 lbs. I'm feeling very sore and my port area is bruised (never like this before.) I am frustrated, sore, disappointed that I have gained in all of these years, and my husband points out how fat I've gotten by saying I need to lose weight. So how do I get myself out of this rut! Anyone else who have had the band this long go through this?

sorry.. im was banded in January...but in my 35 years of dieting has taught me that you need to dust yourself off and start again...not tomorrow but the nedt time you pit somethimg in your mouth...really think about and i hungry or am i boare..stressed figure out if you are attaching you emotions to your mouth