:bored :bored :bored well well I guess this site has nobody from the chatt. area and let me also guess that no body has been banded at memorial hos. by dr. fromm-paynter-or ponce?? Geez I sure feel like the lonesome stud here lol.

I wish I could help, but I have the opposite problem of always being too tight. I am scheduled for a fill next week, but I think I will cancel it. I have barely been able to eat this weekend. My weight loss has started picking back up so I don't think I need the fill right now.

That's great that your weight loss is picking up again. I know that can be very frustrating when the scale doesn't move. I hope it continues for you. If you are still having issues eating, I would go ahead and cancel that fill. No point in making yourself miserable.

Well, Tiffany called today to reschedule my appointment. This is the 3rd time it has changed. But it is better anyway. It has been rescheduled until the next week, so I can see how I do up until then.

Well at least you will have more time to decide if you really need the fill.

My restriction is up and down. I could barely get my yogurt down this morning, but could really eat tonight at dinner. I can't figure it out from one moment to the next.

Yea, I know what you mean, I was the same way so that's why I thought I needed a fill, but then all of a sudden I had a lot of restriction again. So I don't know how we are supposed to know when we need an adjustment.

My restriction is better but I still need another fill. I'm losing weight now (4 pounds in the last two weeks) but I still tend to eat larger portions than I should. I'm doing better exercising, so that should help with the weight loss.

i agree. somedays i think boy i need a fill and the next day i'm like well wait a minute. My experience has been variable to say the least.

glad for fill next week. wish it were sooner.

Edited May 8, 200917 yr by punkster

Well, my restriction is gone again. I actually had to eat my lunch for breakfast yesterday because I was starving. By last night, I was ravenous. I ate way less than what I would have pre-band, but still way more than what I should have with the band. I just decided not to go to bed hungry last night. Couple stress into that and you get a really bad situation. I went ahead and scheduled another adjustment. It is still two weeks away so if my restriction comes back, I have time to cancel. I am hungry this morning, so I doubt it is coming back today.

I guess we all are having similar situations with the restriction. I wonder what makes it vary so much. I will admit that I would probably never have gone the gastric bypass route, but I sometimes question having gotten the band considering how tricky getting restriction is. I thought I had studied up on the subject, but reading about it and experiencing it are two different things.

When is your adjustment?

It is May 21 at 2:00. I can only hope that I remember because I think I am off work that day. I keep post it notes on my desk at work to remind me of my appointments. I don't have such a wonderful system at home.

My adjustment is Tuesday and boy do I need it! I was so desperate, I called them Thursday(my original appt day) and asked if I could come in. She(not sure who she was - I think it was the black headed chick in the front office) said Dr. Ponce was out of town. I didn't think he had to be the one to do the adjustment?

When you are within your first 3 months at GBI, your surgeon will do your adjustments and follow ups.

My surgeon didn't do my adjustments or followups during my first 3 months. I always saw Brooke.

It must only be doctor ponce that does that then. They would only schedule my first three with doctor ponce. I didn't see Brooke alone until my fourth fill.