I went in for my third fill, i was already at 5.5 cc with decent restriction, so the doc put in another 1 cc. i took two sips of water and it gurgled but i thought everything was fine. I get in the car to leave and realize after tryin to drink a sip of water it was just sitting there in my chest. I thought I might be too tight at that time. I tried to eat some soup later for dinner and got sick. it got stuck off two lil sips and it almost came up. The following morning I called the docs office to let them know what was going on. They told me to wait it out for a day to see if it loosens up. Unfortunatly that day was awful. I threw up at least 10 times. On my own saliva, on a sip of water, on my lunch. nothing will go down. I went to lay down last night and my saliva came back and i breathed it and was choking. scary... anyway i go through the night and now am headed to doc for an unfill and Im a lil aprehensive as far as how much they will take out. Right now im completely closed up and concerned ive had no water or food in over a day but i feel ok physically. i dont want them to take too much out. maybe .25 or .5 but i hope they dont take everything out :cursing: has anyone else gone throught his with a fill and if so. did they take it all out or just a lil to still give u the restriction u needed?

I have had an unfill, actually 2 and the first time they removed half of the fill they had given me. The 2nd time they removed the complete fill.

Hope this helps.

Amy

Dont worry. Ive had at least 3 unfills(dr.s agressive) and the last I was really concerned about too much being removed as it was right bfor Christmas. I shared this w/them and they took out .5 and it only lasted about a week, but it was better than removing all Fluid, I guess.

Other unfills, I just tried to ride out and it worked once, but other 2 had some removed. Share your concerns w/your dr. and surely they will work w/you, mine were very understanding about situation.

Also, I always have amount I would like filled/unfilled in mind and let them know my thoughts on this(i.e. .5, .7, ).

I always like to feel as if Im included on this, even if the number is different from what I expect, but not too much.

Communicate your thoughts and feelings about not getting a complete unfill, first and foremost, then go from there.

Also, when fills were too tight and REALLY bad, I explained it in normal terms, as the dramatic way I felt scared them too much(afraid too much unfill).

I hope this helps! Good luck!

amanda

This just happened to me too!! It was the scariest thing ever. I still haven't eaten any solid food since Tuesday. Just some thick soups, cottage cheese and liquids. I'm still too sore. Had a 1cc unfill to losen up and heal, so hopefully in a month or so I'll get that back. In the mean time, I'm hoping to lose a bunch of weight in the next couple of weeks while I'm healing up. Lost 8 pounds in three days because of being too tight.

Help! I've had the most horrible weekend ever. I got a fill almost 3 weeks ago (3 cc) and now it's really bothering me. Every solid food I eat comes back up and sometimes I cannot even drink water. I tried to call my doctor this weekend and couldn't reach him. I called 3 different ER's and they didn't know how to do a fill. After all these years doing lap bands, and no one in the ER knows how to do a fill! I am going in first thing to the doctor tomorrow morning without an appointment. I've had acid reflux so bad at night I cannot even lay down without sliming, I am coughing all night, and once, I woke myself up throwing up. Yikes!!!! I'm exhausted!

Hi, I know how painful an over fill can be. I got a fill about a month ago but all of sudden I had the same problems as you. I thought I had a slip so I went to ER Saturday. They did a barium swallow and I was way to tight! They took 2 cc out of the 5cc I had in there. I immediatley felt better! The Dr told me it was good I got an unfill because all the throwing up would have made my band slip or worse made my bottom portion of my stomach come up through the band. I love losing the weight and feeling full but I feel 100% better now. I might get one more fill, maybe 1 cc but thats it. The pain and scare was horrible!

That sounds just aweful! Whenever I've gotten a fill my doctor asks me to stay & finish a cup of water & if there is any discomforfort he wants to know right away so an adjustment can be made. Asking you to wait it out while you are choking on your own saliva doesn't sound quite right. Make them slow down & answer all of your questions. They are getting paid too much money to treat you like they are doing you a favor. Good luck

it has happened to me a couple times. twice they took it all out because of all the swelling from spitting and gagging and choking. this last time just took out 0.5, now I am at Dr. to add 0.1. You probably have enough now to just get little fills not to go overfilled. I am just going to go real slow it just might take longer. I hate being over full it is miserable. good luck.

I am wondering if I have had too much in my last fill. All I can get down are liquids. If I take too big of a sip it feels like I'm being stabbed in the chest. It stays like that for about 10 or 15 minutes. If I eat anything it comes back up. If I drink anything after 7:00 pm I am up all night burping up water. I know, it's pretty gross).I am on day 6 since my fill. (Am 7 months out from surgery). I was wondering if I should wait it out another week or call the doc for an unfill. I am worried they will take out too much, also. Does anybody have any insight out there? Thanks!

Pam

Hi everyone! I ended up showing up at the doctor's office on Monday. I was severely dilated! My esophagus was even inflamed. They couldn't figure out if it was a slippage or not. They took out all the fluid except for 1 cc (I was at 2.5). I'll be there next Monday for a follow up and to possibly add more fluid. I feel sooooo much better! I'm hungry though! I can actually sleep lying down now with no acid reflux. Yeah! Thanks for all the advice!