Fills and where does it go, cross post

Suzy Q · August 18, 2003

I have read a few posts about the saline and where does it go so...

The tube and the tube in the band are all one long tube. If 1cc goes in the port it is all throughout the entire band. Not just the small part that goes around the band.

So a fill of 1.5cc is always in the whole tube not just the diameter of the band. The fill size is talking about the whole tube.

Susan

sprtsmom · August 18, 2003

Thanks for your info. But I have a question. How much of the first fill I will be receiving (1cc) will end up being in the part of the tube that is not around the band and therefore won't really have anything to do with my restriction?

Lori

Divebadger · August 18, 2003

The entire band, including the little line to the port holds 4 cc's. I think we have to stop thinking about what part of the amount of Fluid that's in the band is directly restricting us. My doc demonstrated when fluid was in and when fluid was out of the band, the point is, it is restricting. The doc is not measuring the amount directly around the stomach versus the amount that leads to the port; they measure how much is in the total band. And I don't think anyone, except maybe the specs from BioEnterics (if you have the Lapband system), can tell you how much fluid is specifically in the port line (probably not that much).

Suzy Q · August 18, 2003

All bands work the same way. When we get 1 cc it allows the whole tube to fill up alitte tighter. This will make the part that is around our stomachs to fill tighter also. Plump up a little thus making the stoma a little amaller. All we need is 1 cc the fisrt time then .5cc each time after that to make a difference.

Most people can notice a difference with a fill. So the fill amount is talking about the whole tube.

Susan

Divebadger · August 18, 2003

Every doc is different though with the fills. My first fill was 1.75 cc's and my second was .5 cc's and that was too tight. Then he took it back .25 cc's and now I have 2 cc's in the band. My doc told me that some adjustments may only be .1 to .2 cc's and some may be .5 to .75 depending on where you are in your process.