Please help. Supposedly tight band but hungry and eating anything...

[Coal 0]

I just simply don't know what is going on! I was banded over three years ago. I had lost 100 lbs but it was on a pretty tight fill. I got a cold and it made my band get way too tight so the doc unfilled me nearly completely. Since then (a year and half ago) I haven't been able to get restriction. I have some but I can eat anything and i'm hungry all the time. the first bite is painfull but after it goes away I can eat anything i want in any amount. I have gained back 40 lbs in the process.

I have tried several times to get filled up again. I've gone to the doctor and they've looked at it under fluoro while i drink the barium. Well it looks tight under fluro! So he says nah, you are tight enough. I have 3.1 cc's in a band that holds 4 cc's. How can it look to be so tight yet I don't feel tight at all? I'm still hungry too.

What can I say to him today to get him to give me some restriction???? I'm not ready to give up on this but it's been a year and a half. I've even changed doctors but they won't listen to me when I say it's not enough! Please help.

P.S. I do understand the band won't do it all for me but i need some help with this expensive tool. Thank you.

[Coal 0]

I guess that was asking a bit much. I just got back from my fill and it went well. I poured my heart out to him and looked at the fill under fluoro and said yes, I did need a fill. I told him the other doctor refused to do it because he said i was too tight as it is. But this one disagreed and said the pictures don't lie. So he gave me .3 cc's. I can't tell much difference yet but i haven't eaten anything solid yet. I'm just hoping i'm finally on my way this time.

[VegasGrace 1]

Good for you being persistant.

Seems it would have been simple for the 1st doc to give you a slight fill IF you came back for a chekup at 1 week. He could have monitored you.

Good for you!

[VegasGrace 1]

Oh, I have pneumonia and can't hold down anything, even my antibiotic comes back up.

But I think this will be temporary...doc can't see me til next week so I am just waiting it out.