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:thumbup: I had my surgery with Dr. Kuri in Mexico and it was a great experience. I must say however, that I have a 9.75 band and have had two fills. I am up to only 2.5 CC's and aside from the 14 lbs from the liquid diet, I haven't lost anyting thing else. It's been three months and I feel I am wasting time and money. I still can eat alot even though I am watching what I eat and taking daily walks. Should I go back for a third fill or look elsewhere?

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Sounds like you need more fill. I guess you can go back to the Dr in Mexico or find another Dr to do your fills.

For reference:

I have approx 7.75 cc's in my 10 cc band and I do not have good restriction yet either. I am four months post op.

I do not pay for my fills. I have had eight. First 2cc's, next several were 1cc, one of .25 cc and last of .5cc's. Looks like I need over 8 cc's for restriction. I am ok with the fact my Dr. doesn't put in too much at one time. I don;t want to be over tight and I'd rather sneak up on restriction. I do get frustrated with the length of the process, too.

Sometimes, I have gone as often as every two weeks for a fill. This time I am delaying the next fill because of a vacation, out of the county. I don't want to get a fill and then leave and not have access to my DR.

I've managed to lose weight, but only by following my old weight watchers type eating. The band does boost my willpower a bit, but I am still hungry not long after eating.

A few foods go down slowly, like apples, but most other foods I've tried are no problem. I chew well, but I do not feel I have to chew excessively.

I don't know if that info helps you with your decision.

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Keep getting fills until you get proper restriction. I have a 10cc band and currently have 7.5 ccs in it. It took me 5 fills to get there. Don't feel bad about needing fills, that is how the band was designed.

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i had the same problem i have a 10cc band, and right now at about 8-9cc and i had surgery in mexico, and have found a local doc to do my fills and he is very agressive on his mill i have had tree fill, two 3 cc and one 2cc and the last one started at 3cc but i could not smallow my Water so he took out 1 cc, and i fell good losing 2 lbs a week, still feel like i could use a half cc, but feel good for now, you just need to get more fill everyone i talked to dose not seem to find the sweet spot untill about 8- 9.5 cc, but i was very frustrated for a while trying to get a good fill, but just keep your head up and try not to get to frustrated, i have been there and it will get better:thumbup:

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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