Hi all... just had a thought... can it ever happen that you get your band filled as much as it can hold & you still don't have restriction??

I currently have 7cc in my 10cc band from just my first fill because my surgeon primed the band with 5cc during surgery. I had no restriction after 3 weeks healing so have just had another 2ccs put in... I definitely have some restriction now.. but i would imagine i still have a way to go with restriction yet.

I'm not saying I will be in this position but I just wondered if anyone has been? Maybe your stomach can shrink so small that the band is just too big!

I have the APS Small 10cc band!

Hi there,

Yes, it is POSSIBLE, but highly UNLIKELY that you will be at max capacity and not yet achieved full restriction. According to my doctor, all bands can be filled over the maximum capacity. I have the original Inamed 10cm/4cc fill capacity lapband system and I am currently filled 1cc over the limit. After changing doctors twice and 8 fills later, I finally have good restriction after 17 months of being banded. I was beginning to think I would NEVER achieve good restriction, but it took some time. I feel like I could go a little bit tighter, but if I did that, I would only be able to tolerate liquids...and that doesn't sound fun at all.

I have also been kind of worried that running out of adjustment before good restriction could happen. I am at 11cc's of a 14cc band after only three fills. For a month and a half after sugery restriction was good but since then I only feel restriction for about a day after a fill and then it's like I don't have the band. Okay, that is a slight exageration. I cannot eat as much as I could before banding but I only want to be able to eat about a cupfull not 3+. I was also told at my last fill that they could go beyond the limit a little. I wonder how much a little is.