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9.75cc in a 10cc band??



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Well, I now have 9.75cc in my band. This number is known by adding up all of the fills minus one unfill.

I know of course, that the 10cc band will hold more then 10cc. They say somewhere around 11cc.

But, what really, concerns me is that my fills haven't seemed to last me more then about 3 weeks? The first week I'm usually a little tight, then second just right and by week 3 too loose.

I'm beginning to worry about a leak?

I'm at the end of my one year of free fills, so monday will be my last fill. I figure full is full, or the band has a leak, and if that is the case I will revise instead of repairing the band.

I don't know what to think. I'm almost exactly one year out and 10lbs to goal.

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Yea, probably, but I'm self pay, so it would probably get expensive real quick.

My thinking is that it would only tell me that yes, there is a leak. If there is a leak then I will pay for the sleeve way before paying to fix this thing. Or it will tell me there isn't a leak and if it tells me that then I'm already full and I have to accept that the band is at the end of its ability to create restriction. If the second result is true then I would still need to revise eventually.

I'm just thinking going for one last fill and if it doesn't last more then 3 weeks, then I pretty much know that one or the other is true and either way I would opt for a revision. Maybe that is screwy thinking??

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Next time you go in for a fill can you ask your Doctor to take everything out before he gives you a fill. If he does that and you don't have your full 9.75, or at least close to that then you know you have a leak. And that shouldn't cost you anything. My fill doctor used to do this every time he gave me a fill just to make sure everything was still in there.

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I might just do that, just to know. I know that they did do that in the beginning and it made adjustments a little harder, but not a big deal.

I did get tighter after this last one, but it sure didn't seem to be that much considering I'm now at 10.25. I heard that you can actually get 13cc in a 10cc band.

I will probably just hold at this point, and see how I do and then consider a revision in the summer?

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