K to vent my frustration:

I was getting worried...believing I was at 8cc(which is what they told me)...I had 3 in at surgery, 2 at the 1st fill, 3 at the 2nd.....Yesterday I went in for my third fill and when he pulled it out he only got 5cc...so somewhere one fill was missing...although it is a relief because I was so worried I was at 8cc and didn't have much restriction! lol

Anyone else have a similar story?

Umm yep I was suppose to be at 10ccs in a 9 cc band and still no restriction, so I asked him to take it all out and measure it and what do you know I only had 7.6ccs in there he added 1.1ccs and I think the 8.7ccs is my sweet spot I didn't even go to my this months appointment because I am content right where I am. Good luck hope your future fills won't go missing again!!!

I had 4cc in during surgery, then 4cc, 1cc, .5cc and .5cc for a total of 10cc in a 10cc band. He did my last fill in November and verified the 9.5 before he added the new fill to make 10. I have, of course, SOME restriction but I can still basically eat anything and everything. I have lost nothing in about 5 weeks but I have another appointment in 10 days and will ask for a small fill. Hopefully, that will jump start things.

the same thing happened to me ...to my counts I had at least 7cc and my band only holds 4cc. I had been keeping track by my dr never brought in my chart. So finally after not losing and no restriction, I called him on it, he always had a hard time finding my port. Well as it turns out , I had a leak in my tubing next to my port. Another surg. and more bills, now filled to 3.75 I do feel some restriction but havent hit the sweet spot yet. I would ask dr if you have a possible leak, or maybe one of your fills missed the port.

I was going to ask this same question. I went for fill #2 today. He put 0.5 in at surgery, and 2.0 at first fill. Shopuld be 2.5 in the band, today there was 1.5 in the band. He told me that sometime when the fill is "tough" some of the fill does not make it into the band. HE said when I go for fill #3 they will double check the volume to make sure I don't have a leak. I really hope not, I don't want to start all over again with the pre and post surgery diets.

It is such a relief to read that this is happening to others! I just switched doctors because I wasn't seeing results...come to find out I had nothing in my band for 4 months....now I am at 5....we shall see...at least I feel some restriction...

hi to everyone well everything was going fine with me until i went for my 3rd fill which put me up to 7 ml but i dont feel as if ive got more restriction i can eat more and my appetite has come back i had more restriction when i went from 5ml to 6 ml has this happened to anyone else i have a 10ml band :thumbup::thumbup: