:crying: I had my 2nd fill in February with great restriction! Last week I had another fill. Now I have NO restriction!!!!! What could have happened????

i understand what you are going through. I had better restriction with fill #2 than #3 then too much with #4 and #5 took weeks after the fill to feel the effects. There's no rhyme or reason for how the fills affects us. Maybe it hasn't "hit" you yet but it will. I was about to call for another fill when on the 18th day post-fill I felt restriction. Just my experience.

Good luck

I believe there are two things going on. One, you always feel very tight right after a fill because it irritates your stomach a little and then when the swelling goes down you do not feel as tight. It on average takes 3 fills to start getting to the level you need to be at the "sweet spot" as people call it. Second, you may want to discuss this with you MD but I had to get the thicker gel saline substance in my band. I would feel tight and then feel like all the saline left overnight. My MD would take out the saline to measure it and sure enough some of it would just absorb into my body. This is common for some. Once I got the thick solution I never had that problem again. Remember to be patient because the band is slow weight loss!

hi after my surgery i stayed around 265. i went for my 4th fill may 18th. that monday.the next day it kick in. i was scared because i could not eat.of drink liquids.i went back to the doctor that thursday because i thought i was too tight,but i was just swollen. it went away i was able to drink an eat. i had lost 12 pounds within three days. it scared the (dickens)out of me but he says everything is ok.he always gives me 1/2cc all the time i was fustrated that i was not losing anything. but hang in their you will hit your target.