I was banded in May with the Realize band. I would like to hear from some of the patients who first had this band inserted last year as it was approved and their success or unsuccessful stories.

I have approx 9.2 cc in my realize band my doc says. Give or take a smidget. hee hee I have very little restriction, and am going for my next fill next Thursday. Hopefully that helps. I'm keeping my hopes up after reading pongomps post and saying she's at 10 with good restriction. My surgeon also said he can go past the 9cc in the realize. Hoping this does the trick. I'm done 85 lbs in 13 mos and loving life! Oh, this has NOT been an easy journey. I worked really hard! UGH! Some say it's been easy. Not for me!

I have approx 9.2 cc in my realize band my doc says. Give or take a smidget. hee hee I have very little restriction, and am going for my next fill next Thursday. Hopefully that helps. I'm keeping my hopes up after reading pongomps post and saying she's at 10 with good restriction. My surgeon also said he can go past the 9cc in the realize. Hoping this does the trick. I'm done 85 lbs in 13 mos and loving life! Oh, this has NOT been an easy journey. I worked really hard! UGH! Some say it's been easy. Not for me!

I have approx 11cc in my 9cc band. So far, I haven't popped..lol My doctor said he has a few patients that needed this amount of fill to reach restriction, so I suppose I'm not alone. The last fill (0.5cc) I got was a couple of months ago, and he measured my band pressure with a gauge and under fluoro. I have great restriction now. Other than stringy foods like celery, I can eat just about anything. I don't pb or have reflux, and I've had one sliming episode since my last fill. I eat three 1/2 cup meals/day plus a healthy snack, and I feel completely satisfied. Hopefully, you hit the sweet spot at your next fill.

Hi Kiz. Great to hear from you. I laughed out loud when you said you haven't popped. Your post was encouraging for me. I definitely need another fill. And.. you've done great, so, I'm keeping my hopes up that I will get full restriction again. :-D My doc seemed to think going over the 9cc was fine. He said sometimes it can crease a little when it's too full, but that there has been no proof at all that this would cause a problem. He said he's never had a leak, erosion, etc.. with the realize band. He prefers that band over them all.

Hi, my name is Kim and I just got my realize band on 10/19/09 and doing good I think so far. I have been on the stage 3 full liquids and don't really know what i can eat except broths and such i am really in need of some suggestions before i do something stupid. Any suggestions....??/

Hi everyone,

It's been so long sense I have been on here, over three months. I have not lost any weight in those three months but this last fill I think will do the trick. I'm at about 6.1 cc's now and it really feels tight, but not too tight. I'm really happy where it is right now.

This coming Tuesday the 12th. I'm doing to go and do some bowling, Than go see the movie AVATAR in 3D, than go to my support group meetings that night. It's going to be a very busy day.

I hope to be on here more often now.

Don

I got my Realize in Sept, I didn't think I liked it until I got my most recent fill...now I'm a happy go lucky gal!

I had the realize band 12/08.@7cc's very slow progress

The Huber needle is a non-boring needle. Normal needles punch a whole, these slice so that the port membrane can re-seal and not leak.

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