hey all! i had to most of my fluid taken out of my band today ,someone was filling in for my normal nurse that does my fills, she was browsing the pictures of my stomache and comparing that to the info given on my wieght loss thus far,. i was banded at the end of june have had before TODAY four fills all equallying up to 4.5 cc my band only holds 4 ccs so she said since i hadnt lost anymore then 35 pounds in that long length of time and that she thought my stomache didnt look *skinny* enough that it looked kinda enlarged *that scared me* i asked her if thier was a buldge or anything she could see that was sticking out. she said no but that she wanted to try and get the size of my pouch to go normal again so they took out alot of my fluid and left me a lil bit i suppose like 1 cc and I am to go back to the doctor again on dec 27th,for them to look at the pouch and see about filling it, they said once it gets smaller that then when they go to fill the band again that the band will then be positioned right to work correctly, so im guessing my band/stomache arent in synce position at the moment. *shrugs* its all alot of info! anywho here we go 13 more days of liquids-gina:faint:

My, I sure hate that for you. I can't imagine that much fill. I too have the 9.75cm inamed band that hold's 4.00cc's and I had to go last week for a unfill. I had 2.00cc's in it and they took out .4cc's and took me back to 1.60 cc's and that seems to be perfect. I was pbing daily and couldn't eat hardly any fill. Weightloss has been pretty decent until that. I had lost 60 pounds in 5 months but none in the last 3 weeks. Maybe this will help. He said it was good that I had an unfill that being too tight will cause the band to erode into your stomach. Hope your feeling better soon.

wow you are so smart! thank you so much for your reply! well i hope this fixes it! HUGGS and congrads on ur wieght loss thus far! thats so awesome!:clap2:

Ginagirl sorry to hear of your troubles...I hope it all gets sorted out for you ASAP...keep us posted.

becky

i will def keep you posted i hope, i can make a new stomache or whatever they call it by going on liquids at least make my stomache the size they think its supposed to be:clap2: they said are stomaches are supposed to be thin and shaped like a bannanna. guess mine was shaped like a grapfruit:eek: