I got the 10 cc band in 8/06. I have had 3 office fills and 2 under flouroscopy. Today I finally made Doc listen that I HAD no restriction. Dr. had in his notes that I had 7.5 cc's, and he said no way was i feeling no restriction. WELL, Way! Went to radiology and voila he was only able to extract 2cc's from my band, and said I was wide open. He gave a good fill and I feel restriction for now. could this be a leak in the band sytem? or have they been missing the port during injection? I have felt some restriction for a few days after a fill a few months ago. but for most of these 7 months of being banded-nothing. has anyone had any experience in this? how did it turn out?

Yes I experienced this as well. I had 3 office fills and one under fluoroscopy. My first office fill I got 2 cc, my second fill I suppossedly got another 1 cc but in reality, I didnt. I think the saline just went into my abdomen but not the band. Same thing with the 3rd office fill. When I had my fluoroscopy fill, he found that I only had 2 cc from what I believe was my first fill. He gave me another 3 cc for a total of 5 cc. I am feeling more restriction now but I am still able to eat a good size amount, more than what is recommended so I know I need another fill.

I have felt some restriction after prior fills. So, there may be a leak and/or they have been shooting the saline solution into my abdomenal cavity at other times. What a mess.......well at least Doc believes me now and I won't get THE "eating around the band" lecture again, which teed me off .

I was so upset about this band not doing anything for me. It was such an emotional let down. I do feel renewed hope again. I just hope we'll get things going properly now.

hey Chubster I'm looking at your signature and at that progress you're making, though. great!!

I think you know when they have made the fill due to the suction feeling when they remove the needle.

Point being, you can feel when they hit your port, always know that feeling and make sure you feel it, especially when they don't use fluoro.

I agree, I can feel when my port is accessed. It almost feels like a little pop to me then I can always feel the saline going up the tube into my band. I don't know if everyone else can feel it, but I can. So, that's what I look for.

Hi everyone! This is my first post and I am new to the lap band. I have had my band for 3 months. I had a fill 4 weeks after my surgery of 1cc and then a second fill 6 weeks after for a total of 2 cc. I did not feel hardly any restriction. I have only lost 15 pounds. Now just this week I received a 3rd fill. Dr. Spiegel took out the .5cc (don't know why it wasn't 2cc) that was in my band and replaced it with 1.5cc. Now I can not keep any food down. I eat really slow and even some liquid do not want to stay down. I dont know if this is normal. I am only keeping down about 1/4 of what i eat. Can I get some advice?

You might need to get some fluid taken out, an 'unfill' is what some people call it.

i have a 10cc band and 2 fills, not sure how much, the dr. said he doesn't know, but i have very little restriction, no weight loss in over 5 weeks. he said you can only have 2 fills a year!! so i am emailing with him now trying to get another one. i'm praying. i didn't spend this much $$ to lose 20lbs.

I think you may need to ask your doc to take a look at this site to see how many fills people are getting.

I was banded on May 2006 and had to wait 6wks before I was allowed a fill.

I now have a fill every 3mths with my last one being Feb 2007.

I think this may be the one that has reached my sweet spot.,I was told that once the spot was reached then I would only then need to go maybe once or twice a year for a top up.

I am still filled from 3/12 so I'm pretty sure they have been missing the port up until now and there is probably no leak. unfortunately I can't feel when they are in the port and when they're not. I am just put out that I've made a bunch of wasted trips (5 trips) to the doctor's office, not to mention wasted money.

The last 3 times I have had a fill it has taken the doc 2 or 3 goes to get the needle in. I know when it's in as it hurts when it's not and it's only a little scatch when it's in. You can also tell when they remove the needle as there is a little pull or suction feeling as the needle comes away from the port before leaving the skin.

Seems like they ought to know when they hit it because they will pull out the saline that's in there and then put it and the new stuff back in! That way they know if you've lost any!

Then, if you are leaking, they can put in Omnipack instead of saline. It's denser so it doesn't leak.