I went in for my second fill today. I had my first one (1.7 ccs in a 5 cc band) a week ago, and it didn't get me to good restriction -- it made a little tiny difference, but not a lot.

So, I went in today & my doctor looked to see how much was in my band -- and she said that I only had .7 in it. I asked if that means I have a leak, and she said that I shouldn't worry at this point, and that it could mean that the band had low pressure (?) after surgery and that the extra 1 cc was left in the tube. Has anyone heard of this?

We're going to monitor how the band is doing, but this makes me nervous. It's weird that a bunch of saline is missing. I just got banded less than 2 months ago. If I have a leak already and have to go back under the knife to get it fixed, I am going to be UPSET!!

Anyway, hopefully my Dr. is right about the reason for the difference. Will keep my fingers crossed. I can feel a difference on the restriction now (I have 2 ccs in my band -- possibly plus the extra cc that doesn't want to come out of the tube) and that seems to be making a difference.

Catherine

I went in for my second fill today. I had my first one (1.7 ccs in a 5 cc band) a week ago, and it didn't get me to good restriction -- it made a little tiny difference, but not a lot.

So, I went in today & my doctor looked to see how much was in my band -- and she said that I only had .7 in it. I asked if that means I have a leak, and she said that I shouldn't worry at this point, and that it could mean that the band had low pressure (?) after surgery and that the extra 1 cc was left in the tube. Has anyone heard of this?

We're going to monitor how the band is doing, but this makes me nervous. It's weird that a bunch of saline is missing. I just got banded less than 2 months ago. If I have a leak already and have to go back under the knife to get it fixed, I am going to be UPSET!!

Anyway, hopefully my Dr. is right about the reason for the difference. Will keep my fingers crossed. I can feel a difference on the restriction now (I have 2 ccs in my band -- possibly plus the extra cc that doesn't want to come out of the tube) and that seems to be making a difference.

Catherine

Yes, this is exactly what happened to me and it ended up that I did NOT have a leak! For the first fill the dr. put in 1.7 cc's. Then a month later I went back and she said 'Hmmm, looks like there is only 0.5cc's in there now.' I believe she filled me up to about 2.5. Went back last week to have her check and she said that I was still filled.

I also have a friend that this same thing happened to. Try not to worry about something until you have something to worry about!:thumbup: I hope everything works out good for you too.

I had the same thing happen to me too during my last fill at the hospital's fill clinic (less fluid pulled then there should have been). I went in today, and the doctor pulled the fluid out to check it from the last fill. He got almost 100% of the fluid out that I was supposed to have. He said sometimes they get air. I was glad to see that the fluid pulled was very close to the amount I had at the previous appointment.