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madsville    4

madsville
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So I had been posting in Fill and Refill.... wondering why I was gaining and NOT feeling full. I kept a food diary and have worked out 2 hours a day at a high cardio and physical level. So... AM I LOSING MY MIND?

My last visit this week to the Dr and while I should have 7.5cc in my band ( i kept track).... he withdrew LESS than 3cc. Big Alarms going off..... so now we have to go and a Fluoroscopy to see if there is a leak, band slippage..... etc.

So... has anyone had this ? What do you expect? Could it be as simple as a tube replacement? So many questions.... and all of this must happen BEFORE the end of the year. UGH!

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B-52    7,113

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Have no first-hand experience with this or any other complications, but I have heard people say the tubing had become disconnected and a simple procedure to repair it.

I don't see how a slip would have anything to do with the loss of Fluid.

Please report back so other banders can learn

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madsville    4

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I think that the tube may have DC. That makes sense. Why else would I have a leak? So I am looking forward to getting this done ASAP. Would love to hear others experience about the tube DC and if the cases were similar.

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sharonk    23

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I just went through something very similar to this! Went in for a fill a month ago and the dr tried to withdraw the saline to measure and according to the records I should have been right around 9cc. Well he was only able to pull out 2-2.5 cc. We set up a fluoroscopy 2 weeks ago to see if I had a leak and during the session, no leak was found and everything was where and how it should be. He refilled the band with a mixture of 1/2 saline and 1/2 glowy/contrast stuff (sorry don't know the name of it). I went back last week to see if any of the contrast was showing outside of the band and port. Surprise, nothing!!! So now what the heck. Even the dr didn't know why I don't have the cc that I should. Immediately after my first fluoroscopy and getting 5 cc put in my band I have been able to tell a big difference. Thank goodness! I was starting to fear being a failure but maybe it's not all me. But we still don't know why I didn't have the cc that I should have had. Only answer was that my leak is so slow that it just takes forever to empty out?! Ugh.

It's nice to know that the band wasn't working as it should and I'm not totally failing at this but then again it sucks that we don't have a clear answer and that the band isn't working 100% as it should. Ahhhhhh

What was your end results @@madsville?

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madsville    4

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It was a huge Mystery for me too… And the only thing we could probably figure out was the fact that I started training in my sport and was working out very hard and my body may have just assimilated it. But back on track had one Fill and suddenly my body is back to where it was when I first got the surgery. Because I'm building lean muscle the weight-loss is slower but I'm losing inches and am at my pre-accident weight from a year ago when I crushed my arm. Have faith this was probably the best thing ever to happen and you may not have a leak it may just been your body absorbing it and you're getting a second chance to start all over

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kimkw    7

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It was a huge Mystery for me too… And the only thing we could probably figure out was the fact that I started training in my sport and was working out very hard and my body may have just assimilated it. But back on track had one Fill and suddenly my body is back to where it was when I first got the surgery. Because I'm building lean muscle the weight-loss is slower but I'm losing inches and am at my pre-accident weight from a year ago when I crushed my arm. Have faith this was probably the best thing ever to happen and you may not have a leak it may just been your body absorbing it and you're getting a second chance to start all over

So glad it worked out

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sharonk    23

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Yes, it definitely helped me feel more positive again. Hopefully I can lose the 10lbs I gained over the past year in the next few months, and then some.

Good luck on your journey!

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