I know I read this somewhere months ago and now I can't find it...How many cc's does it take just to fill the Port and the Tubing in the Lap Band APS (standard/small 10cc band)? I just got my first fill (0 fill at surgery) of 3cc's and I'm wondering how much of that actually made it to the Band. Thanks!

Ohhhh- I hope someone has the answer to this as I have been wondering the same thing!!! I got .5 cc's at my first fill and was wondering what the point was!

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Anyone?

I have a 10cc band with 9cc's in it now and I am very restricted. Im still hungry all the time and take phendymetrazine to curbe that hunger. It is a prescription by another Dr. I had hoped I would not need it after surgery, but that doesnt seem to be the case.

I know I read this somewhere months ago and now I can't find it...How many cc's does it take just to fill the Port and the Tubing in the Lap Band APS (standard/small 10cc band)? I just got my first fill (0 fill at surgery) of 3cc's and I'm wondering how much of that actually made it to the Band. Thanks!

I would guess, about 2.5cc.

It would partially depend on the length of your tubing.

But my guess is that the protocol from AP was originally to fill the band during sugery, just enough to fill it without creating restriction. They seem to be going away from this as they continue to see the slip percentage not getting any better. I think they just keep trying it differently in hopes of finding a majic way to not have slips. Probably won't ever happen.

There are different lengths of tubing for the APS? I thought they came premade. Yeah, I wondered why I got 0 fill at surgery.

I had 0 fill as well and my first fill was just 1 1/2 cc. This is quickly becoming very discouraging

I have the AP and have had 3 fills since surgery- I "believe" I am at the sweet spot and I have 6.8 cc's in a 10 cc band.

So today at my fill appointment I asked the dr. how many cc's it would take to fill the port and tubing and she said about 2 cc's.

Thanks C. That's what I would have guessed, but I couldn't remember. I hope he gave you more than .5 this time!

I got a whopping 1 cc at my appointment yesterday!!!! UGH- I am a bit discouraged- I have read that people get 3 and 4 cc's at their appointments. This is going to take a while......

I know I read this somewhere months ago and now I can't find it...How many cc's does it take just to fill the Port and the Tubing in the Lap Band APS (standard/small 10cc band)? I just got my first fill (0 fill at surgery) of 3cc's and I'm wondering how much of that actually made it to the Band. Thanks!

My doctor told me it takes about 2 cc's to fill the tubing.

I got a whopping 1 cc at my appointment yesterday!!!! UGH- I am a bit discouraged- I have read that people get 3 and 4 cc's at their appointments. This is going to take a while......

So now you've got 1.5...or did the doc put a fill in during the surgery like most of them do? I'm hoping at least your port/tubing are filled!

My doctor told me it takes about 2 cc's to fill the tubing.

THANKS! Just what I needed!

I was told that 3cc was put in mine in surgery to prime it.....just to fill the tubing and none in the actual band. I have a lap band and I think it's 10cc but that needs to be verified. So when I went for my first actual fill they put in 1.8 and my second was 0.8. They said I have a total of 5.6 but I wouldn't think I would "count" that 3cc if it was just for priming the tubing.

I am so stressed. I had my band put in on March 9, 2009. I have lost about 15 pounds, but lost all that in the first week or so. I have a 10cc band and at surgery I had no fill whatsoever. My first fill wasnt until 6 weeks after surgery and it was only .5cc. And it has been that way every fill I have had since then. The doctor only puts half a cc every time. I have had 4 fills since then at 200 bucks a pop and my tubing isnt even filled??? I think I am at 2.5 cc's right now and I can eat, drink, whatever I want and as much as I want. Is this normal or am I being ripped off? Has anyone else experienced this? Please help. What should I do? I try to talk to him about this and ask for a larger fill but he just says he doesnt want me to throw up and he intimidates me. I'm not rich by any meeans and its going to take a long time and tons of $$ to finally get where I need to be at this rate.:ihih:

Geez. I don't know what to tell you. Everyone seems to have such different experiences. I'd be pissed though......if my tubing wasn't even primed yet!! Try and talk to him about it. Try not to let him intimidate you.....they are working FOR YOU. $200 a pop is a lotta $$$. I wonder if the "tube priming" is addressed on the lap band web site. And I wonder, also, if they shorten the tubing at all during surgery due to one's unique anatomy. I don't know but I think I'm gonna ask at my next appt.

I am so stressed. I had my band put in on March 9, 2009. I have lost about 15 pounds, but lost all that in the first week or so. I have a 10cc band and at surgery I had no fill whatsoever. My first fill wasnt until 6 weeks after surgery and it was only .5cc. And it has been that way every fill I have had since then. The doctor only puts half a cc every time. I have had 4 fills since then at 200 bucks a pop and my tubing isnt even filled??? I think I am at 2.5 cc's right now and I can eat, drink, whatever I want and as much as I want. Is this normal or am I being ripped off? Has anyone else experienced this? Please help. What should I do? I try to talk to him about this and ask for a larger fill but he just says he doesnt want me to throw up and he intimidates me. I'm not rich by any meeans and its going to take a long time and tons of $$ to finally get where I need to be at this rate.:ihih: