Hi everyone,

I am a relative n00b to the world of banding. One thing intriguing me is that, looking at different users' signatures, there seem to be some bands which have a fill quantity of only 4cc's, while others go up to 10cc's!

Is a certain "brand of band" a certain capacity?

The only type of band I had ever heard of before joining this site was the InaMed Lap-Band, which i gather is the original "brand". This is what I have (7 days post-op and feeling good, baby!)

Does anyone know what the fill capacity of this particular brand is? I (obviously) haven't had a fill yet and I haven't had a chance to ask my surgeon. What if you have a 4cc band, but that's not enough restriction for you?

I know that some of these are probably stupid questions, but hey - it's an anonymous website! :grouphug:

Thanks!

I have an Inamed 4CC. He doesn't decide what he is going to put in until he is in the surgery and sees the size of your stomach. He said most women have small stomachs and he uses the smallest band. Even with mine empty, it was already "tight" because it was smaller (to my understanding). I asked him about the different sizes and everything, he smiled and said not to worry, he can get me as restricted as I want with any of the bands. (one of the girls I met at my Dr.s office, has the 4CC band, and had like 1.2 put in and she was completely stopped, couldn't drink or anything) Her perfect fill was .something.

Inamed currently has 5 different band sizes. I will place the max fill volume next to each size for your reference.

9.75cm - 4cc

10cm - 4cc

VG (VanGuard) 10cc

APS - 10cc

APL - 14cc

Cool, I didn't realize there were 2 different ones that were 4CC - so I looked at my documentation and I have the 9.75 Inamed. Thanks for the clarification. Oh, and right now, I have 1.6 in mine (had my first fill on Monday)

Excellent! And down 12 lbs in less than a month?

I cant believe it myself! The first week, on liquids, I only lost 3lbs, the rest has been in the past 2 weeks and I am actually eating, getting full and staying full. I can't believe this really works (for me). I was so scared I would be one of the ones it doesn't work for.

Wow, I didn't realize it was so complicated!

Thanks for your responses! I'll definately have to ask my surgeon at the end of the month when i go for my first fill!

Annie.