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Id like to know who has the same band as i do. i also want to know if you get stuck easy or not so easy? what you eat and how much, and how much Fluid it took for you to get restriction. Thanks..:)

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Hi,

I have the same band you do and am about fifteen days post-op. So far, I have not had a thing get stuck (I am back on regular foods now). I am very careful with what I eat. I tend to stick to marinated chicken, turkey, and veggies that are soft. I have restriction right now, but I am guessing that is from swelling from surgery. I am due for a fill on August 21st; however, I am not completly sure that will happen. My surgeon will only fill if your weight loss has stalled...so, we'll have to see. Hope this information helps!

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I do! During surgery, I guess the surgeon was having trouble fastening the 10cc band, so switched to the 14cc but then it was too big. So he put 4cc prefill in it. When I got my fill on Monday they said they were treating me like I had the 10cc and giving a fill based on that. Not sure I understood it all, but anyway I got a 3cc fill so have a total of 7ccs in it. I never got anything stuck til my fill. I think I had such little restriction before that I got careless in my bite sizes. Now I have to be really sure to chew chew chew. I took my Calcium pill this am and it got stuck for about 5 min. I've heard folks say they have to cut those in half and think I might have to. Since my fill I have lost 2 more pounds!! In a way I was glad at first for the stuck feeling, because then I felt like I really had the band and it was working, but I don't look forward to it happening again!

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I also have a 14cc band. My dr prefilled during surgery w/ 3cc. I was feeling hungry and not really restricted so I had my 1st fill yesterday, 7/16. They tried to add 4 more cc's but that didn't work so they removed 1cc and that was still too tight. In the end I wound up only w/ 3.8cc's total. I guess I was a lot more restricted then I thought. I think I still have to figure out what is actually hunger and what is head hunger. I too stick w/ chicken, scrambled eggs and soft veggies. I don't want things to get stuck. I wish you continued success.

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I have the same band you do .I eat pretty much anything I want except a whole lot less than I used to .I have 6 cc in mine I started to feel some real restriction after I got 4cc in.I also had a 10 cc band but it made my stomach swell and seal it off and I returned to surgery after 7 days to take it off and reinstall a 14cc one.

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I have a 14 cc band and I have 6 cc's as of my 2nd fill and I'm heading in for my 3rd fill this Thursday. I'm at 4 months post op.

I have some restriction but not enough because I still can eat a bigger portion than I should be able to. The only thing I've had a significant feeling of stuck on was chicken when I tried to push it and eat more out at a restaurant beyond when I had that full pressure feeling come on. If you go that one more bite, then you can feel it.

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I have 6 cc's in a 14 cc band with 3 fills, and I can't imagine having another fill. I don't think the size of the band has much to do with getting stuck. I think it depends more on how big of bites you take, how well you chew, how fast you eat, and the amount of restriction you have. If I am careful, I can eat just about anything I want. When it comes to my medications I do have to take them individually where I didn't have to before.

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I have the 14cc band since Dec 13, 2007 and I love it. I get stuck sometimes, it just depends on what I am trying to eat, how big the bites are and how fast I eat. Generally, if I eat slow, take tiny bites, and chew extremely well, I can eat just about anything.

I did not have issues eating anything until my last fill which brought me to a total of 10.25cc's, that was a "wake up and smell the coffee, you have restriction" awakening. I had no idea my body could produce that sort of slime. I felt like I was in a horror movie until I learned to slow down, take small bites and chew well.

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