Im going tomorrow for a small unfill.. I'm pretty tight right now, & I want to be able to eat a salad & I cant...thinking about 1.25cc to be taken out..any suggestions or anyone done this? I've been banded since march 09

I had a unfill today and I already feel better. Liquid can go down better but the tightness came about 2 weeks ago so I got .2 out. :-)

my surgeon will only do unfills in increments no less than .25 cc..I just hope I don't get too loose...but I really only eat a few bites of real food...lots of junk, so I need a little looser to eat some nutritious food!

my surgeon will only do unfills in increments no less than .25 cc..I just hope I don't get too loose...but I really only eat a few bites of real food...lots of junk' date=' so I need a little looser to eat some nutritious food![/quote']

That's exactly why I needed a unfill because I was the same. I would eat 3 bites and I was done....it was annoying I couldn't eat hardly anything.

Let the doc determine the quantity. You'd be amazed what a mere 0.5cc can do.

I'm at green and now when I get fills they are between 0.1 and 0.3 cc. If I overshoot it, I'm only getting 0.1 taken out. So again, you can imagine what 0.5-1 can do

Good luck and good attitude not suffering through a too tight band

I totally agree with Hazelbliss, let the doctor decide what is best.

You'd be shocked what a huge difference even the smallest fill (or unfill) can make. My last fill was only .1cc and it was perfect to put me back into the Green Zone.

_{southernqt glad to know I'm not alone...I'm sick of junk & craving some real food! I cant wait til tomorrow}

Let the doc determine the quantity. You'd be amazed what a mere 0.5cc can do. I'm at green and now when I get fills they are between 0.1 and 0.3 cc. If I overshoot it' date=' I'm only getting 0.1 taken out. So again, you can imagine what 0.5-1 can do Good luck and good attitude not suffering through a too tight band [/quote']

Yes I might of got too much taken out but I will see. It's way better than hurting and not eating the correct way. :-)

If you have been banded since 2009, then NO ONE knows your band, and your lifestyle and success with it better than you....

I have only been banded 3 years, and I can recognize every little bump and twinge.....I know my band INTIMITLEY....it is a part of me after all....

If all of a sudden, out of no where I cannot keep things down, I would not need other people's opinions....if everything was perfect, why all of sudden is something different? Why after 3 years would I need some Fluid taken out? Could it be something else? At this point only me and my Dr. can determine that.

It's like driving a new car everyday for 3 years...nice and smooth...then suddenly it starts to hesitate and backfire...I don't need to ask...I know something is not right, not normal, and it's back to the dealer for service asap....

my surgeon will only do unfills in increments no less than .25 cc..I just hope I don't get too loose...but I really only eat a few bites of real food...lots of junk, so I need a little looser to eat some nutritious food!

If you can only eat a small amount of food, and lots of junk,...why not follow one of the primary rules of eating Protein first before the junk...by then you may not be able to eat the junk....from the way I'm reading this, you want a un fill so you can eat good food along with the junk? maybe I'm not following correctly....

I can only eat so much per sitting...I make good food choices, always foucusing on the protein rich foods first....THEN I move onto the other things, if possible...

IMO, it's what the band is all about...eating less, eating wisely, and getting plenty of exercising.

But, I agree...everyone on this forum is different and has their recipe for success....and after so many years I'm sure you have yours also.

Cannot argue with experience.

One more thing....you have been banded since 2009...you do know this forum is made up primarily of people who are just starting out and looking for answers themselves? Let alone giving advice from experience??

Just saying.....

B52. I can agree with most of ehat you are saying like knowing our bands intimately. However I to jusy got a small unfill after almost a year. I started getting tighter due to inflamation and got to the point where only junk would go down. Even living by the rule protein first was hard an painful to do. So getting a small unfill to eat real food is a great idea. IMHO.

Not to eat both junk and real just to eat a salad like the op stated.

Also she's right to come to the boards for help/opinions. There some oldies here still like Missy me and you.

If you have been banded since 2009, then NO ONE knows your band, and your lifestyle and success with it better than you....

I have only been banded 3 years, and I can recognize every little bump and twinge.....I know my band INTIMITLEY....it is a part of me after all....

If all of a sudden, out of no where I cannot keep things down, I would not need other people's opinions....if everything was perfect, why all of sudden is something different? Why after 3 years would I need some Fluid taken out? Could it be something else? At this point only me and my Dr. can determine that.

It's like driving a new car everyday for 3 years...nice and smooth...then suddenly it starts to hesitate and backfire...I don't need to ask...I know something is not right, not normal, and it's back to the dealer for service asap....

went for my unfill today..Dr. was more than happy to do it..thought I'd let Ignorance and Confidence know that my doctor says I'm a perfect Lap band patient, My goal was to weigh 145, but I hover around 130-132...Oh and even though I knew what you meant you spelled "intimately" wrong, just goes to show none of us are perfect.. & for anyone that cares to know, I got some fluid taken out because I had an adjustment in June & have been really tight since then, as most people know the junk food became easier to eat & I knew I needed to change that, hence the small unfill more room for good choices..

went for my unfill today..Dr. was more than happy to do it..thought I'd let Ignorance and Confidence know that my doctor says I'm a perfect Lap band patient, My goal was to weigh 145, but I hover around 130-132...Oh and even though I knew what you meant you spelled "intimately" wrong, just goes to show none of us are perfect.. & for anyone that cares to know, I got some Fluid taken out because I had an adjustment in June & have been really tight since then, as most people know the junk food became easier to eat & I knew I needed to change that, hence the small unfill more room for good choices..

Yeah I knew what you meant...like slider foods? Anything I would eat from Protein shake to chicken would hurt no matter how long I chewed or how small of a bite I took so I knew it was time for a unfill even though I am a newbie :-) I don't want to have problems with it so I'm trying to be as cautious as I can. I'm glad he did a unfill I know mine made a big difference :-) I can actually drink now without hurting.