Eleven fills in span of less than two years.......humm and guess how much I have lost....10 whole lbs...go figure...each time I go in I pay a copay and my doctor is now charging my insurance 800.00 he use to charge them 600.00 ...I Just got a fill today...I am still hungry...and I am almost at my fill limit..

Hey there -

Just wanted to say I feel your pain! I'm pretty close to you in fills and weight loss. Are you getting your fills under flouro? I had one without and found out later it was quite a bit different then I thought.

While I now think I have a 'good fill' I am also still hungry pretty much all the time - I have just learned to live with it - if you ignore the feeling long enough it goes away or you can drink water forever and sometimes that helps. I've also taken diet pills which really help but don't want to do those long term, etc.

You didn't mention your lifestyle (exercise/diet) but I have also gone back to keeping good food journals (I did the first year + but then gave up) and it's good to stay on top of what you are taking in and expending.

I couldn't lose a pound until my last fill and have now lost a few more - however I am now like many others here - barely eat at all. In fact most days I just eat a very small dinner and I'm eating only about 400 calories a day.

Pitiful but some of us just have a harder time getting the pounds off.

I guess I would say, just don't give up - you are probably in need of shaking something up - and honestly looking at some of the choices you are making. Maybe a fresh consult with your doc and his/her nutritionist to try to get the weight loss moving again would help.

The fill level is critical to having a tool that is working properly but we still have to do 95% of the work.

good luck

WOW What does that all mean? I wounder if there is something else going on here. I lose 10 lbs the first week on pre diet. I have lost 25lbs so far without fill, first fill is april 27, I have heard of the 1 or 2 fills not working great but so many? maybe you should try another dr. By the way what does your dr say about this?

It's sad to think some doctors will abuse insurance that way.......

My last 3 fills were 2 weeks apart. I was determined to keep going back until I felt good restriction. And when this fill stops working you can bet I'll be back in asap.