I went for my "first fill" the other day only to find out that I had already had 5cc in my 10cc band. I was shocked. Leading up to the "fill" I was starving and eating more than I should have with NO problems. My Dr. said he always fills the band during surgery, I had no idea. I was thinking....well why the heck am I so hungry then? So I got another 1cc to bring me up to 6cc total and I am still not feeling restriction. I am calling in the morning and going for another fill this week... I hope. This is just crazy though. Has anyone had a similar situation? I am bit discouraged now that I know I was filled and eating good amounts of food with no problems. My weight loss had stopped and I am feeling down for sure. I hope my next fill helps!

Edited April 28, 200818 yr by Hazel-eyes

hi hazel eyes

i too found that i had 3cc in my band when they placed it. i now have 3 fills. up to 6cc in band now. i feel restriction now, i was at a stand still for about a month. i had surgery on nov 7 2007.

sue

I never heard of this before??? Interesting! It's not unusual to not have restriction until several fills so I hear.

It is really not that uncommon for the larger bands - 10cc+ to be filled during surgery; it actually helps for many in advancing fills & getting to restriction sooner.

I had 5cc's put in surgery - I could not imagine having none & waiting what took (In my mind = forever) longer than 5 months to get to the proper restriction. For me, I needed 8.5cc's in my 10cc band before I recognized "true restriction".

I have a 10cc band and had 4cc's at the time of surgery. I am scheduled for a fill on 5/19. I feel some restriction but still get hungry at times. I am hoping that my fill works. I don't want to keep going back too many times. But, I will see how it goes.

I have a 10cc band. All I have are 2 cc in it, and I can hardley eat a thing!!!

I just had my dr consult yesterday and was told that my band will be put in empty.

I had three ccs put into a 10cc APS band and feel restriction. I was banded about three months ago. It's really very common.

Does anyone know the maximum age for this surgery?

at my dr's office they limit the age to 58

I am now up to a total of 6 cc's and I don't feel like I have any restriction...I can still eat whatever I want and that's not a good thing....hoping 7 cc's does the trick.

I had 3mls put in during surgery - had another 3 mls put in last week 5 weeks post banding - have good restriction at the moment, but am seeing the surgeon again in a couple of weeks.

I don't know what a max age would be but I had an old lady in my education class that was prolly 70 or more...and she is getting hers on the 9th of June

HTH!

Bobbi