I was not feeling well a couple of days ago after a fill, this is what brought me back to the boards. I was banded in April, 261 pounds. At the end of the week I should be 199. I had a fill on last Wendesday, and I mean I had acid reflux, gas, and the whole nine yards. I felt like I did after post op.

I was up to a little over 7cc's in my band, I went back in Monday because I could not take it anymore. The strangest thing was when she checked to see how much was in there it was 6.5 cc's, she stated that sometimes the saline evaporates, anyone ever heard of that?

Anyway she took me down to 6cc's and I feel so much better. I do not want to gain weight, so March 11th, I will request a little fill. I feel slight restriction.

My fill doctor said that saline can evaporate but it is an extremely slow rate of loss and is not of too much concern until the maintenance period.

There have been a couple of times where I have had a little more or less in my band then what I had noted. I always have them check the quantity in the band at each fill to be sure.

I am happy you are feeling better, being too tight is certainly no fun at all.

Hi, thanks for responding. It is good to hear that you heard of the evaporating saline too. I thought the "new nurse" did not know what she was doing. I am feeling better today; but I can tell my body is recovering from the tightness. I still can not eat that much, a good thing!

Edited February 19, 200917 yr by LLPlady3
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Also keep in mind there is NO WAY they can get every drop of Fluid out of your band to measure how much is in there. Also, different people will read the ticks on the syringe differently, this can also account for such a small discrepancy. It depends on if they are holding it up to eye level to read it, or are leaving it poked in you to read it. Fluid in a cylinder is under vacuum (the syringe plunger) will have a curve in the surface. Are they reading the edges or are they reading the bulge?

When you have lost a cc or two, now there is something to worry about.

Trell: First of all congrats on all your weight loss. I think it is great that you will be hitting Onederland very soon. Sorry to hear that your reaction to the last fill was not good.

I have had two instances where my fill disappeared and the doctor and her nurse could not explain it. Actually, they both looked up at each other kinda of stun by it. I have not heard of evaporation before. Interesting!

I lost .5cc from the surgery and I lost 1cc from a fill on January 14. The crazy thing is, I knew two weeks after the January 14 fill that something just was not right. So, I got an appointment right away on January 28 to find out the 1cc given on January 14 was gone. Weird. Very weird.

jillreneee15: Fluid in a cylinder is under vacuum (the syringe plunger) will have a curve in the surface. Are they reading the edges or are they reading the bulge?

I do not know how they are reading it, but she does leave the syringe poked inside when she reads it.

TQUAD64 I lost .5cc from the surgery and I lost 1cc from a fill on January 14. The crazy thing is, I knew two weeks after the January 14 fill that something just was not right. So, I got an appointment right away on January 28 to find out the 1cc given on January 14 was gone. Weird. Very weird.

That does sound weird, I was a little thrown when the nurse said it. It was a new one on me because I had never heard of evaporation until this week. Like someone said above maybe they are not looking at it right.

Edited February 21, 200917 yr by LLPlady3

Have you ever used a measuring cup for water? Leave it on the counter and just look at it. Then pick it up and hold it at eye level and read it. The readings will be slightly different because of the angle you were looking at it. Same thing goes for the syringe. If one time they read it standing up while you are lying down and next time they bend over and really look at eye level, there could be two different readings.

Had my fill yesterday, and was told that I was at 5ccs, I guess more evaporated. He put me back up to 6ccs. I feel okay and I am feeling good.