What happens when you fill your band to the max?

[LSF 264]

Doesn't restriction wear off sometimes? what if you loose that restriction, and you happen to need another fill and you are already at your max, what happens then? It just scares me to think that the Lapband is not going to work for me. I have my eval today and I have tons of questions....I have never had surgery in my life and its a little scary.

Nancy -

the lapband surgery for me was my first also - I was so scared that I was crying as they were wheeling me in for surgery. They put a mask on my face and the next thing I knew - I was waking up. It not very invasive so it wasn't that bad at all - the worst part for me was the nausea from the anesthetic.

[SpecialK 22]

Amy, thanks for that info. I have the AP-L band and have 10cc out of the 14 now and was wondering for a lifetime about whether they would max out the 14. Thanks.

I asked my surgeon the same thing. I have the AP large, which holds 12-14 cc. He said he's filled one (not in a patient, but just to see) with more than 60cc! He's never had a patient max out their band, so no worries.

Amy

[RedBone Creole 4]

I was filled to my max 2 weeks ago and couldn't swallow so she removed .2 cc

I still feel tight but am worried to remove any...

I am constantly pushing out burps and spitting frothy clear spit to relieve my discomfort.

I go this week to get another .2cc removed, i hope this does the trick!

[happygirl1380 0]

Rednonela,

Did your fill work? Has your doctore told you what happens when you reach the max of fills? Are we on our own there after with out the help of the band?