Re: fill after fill

[Guest guest]

As a rule of thumb... the bigger the band the more fills that are necessary to get you to your sweet spot.Is your fill doc just adding saline blindly? Does he keep filling you until water does not go down well and then does he take a bit out? Or is he just doing tiny fills to keep you coming back and paying for fills?

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Holsinger <bertschire@...> wrote:

Hi, all. I am a little frustrated and need your help. I was banded August 19th. I felt no restriction so had a fill at 6 weeks. I had 2 ccs in the band and the doctor added 1 cc for a total of 3cc. STILL no restriction. So, back to the doctor for another fill two weeks later. That fill was another 1cc for 4 ccs total. Still, virtually no restriction. I have to eat a bit slower and there are more things on the list now that don't go down so easy. So, I am having another fill next Tuesday and hoping I will finally feel some restriction. I have a 10cc band. Has anyone else had this kind of experience?

Thanks

H

[Guest guest]

For some folks in a 10cc band. Getting to 6cc or 7cc is a good

fill, but everyone is different. Also with the larger bands it

takes a bit longer to reach your sweet spot. Is it done under

fluor, cuz if so you should be able to see it going

down, and should be able to feel the water as it goes down, also

getting your fill in the afternoon is a good choice, as the a.m.

we are always tighter. Don't be afraid to speak up. You are paying

for a service and after all you know your body better than anyone.

Being too tight is not a good ideal more chance of slip, erode,

reflux, etc. You should be able to eat credit card size protein,

and produce. I gave up protein shakes and am back to losing..Yeah

It's very hard to eat the protein,veggie at one time and not get

full, wish I had learned this a year and half ago..Hope this helps

Deb

>

> Hi, all. I am a little frustrated and need your help. I was banded

August 19th. I felt no restriction so had a fill at 6 weeks. I had 2

ccs in the band and the doctor added 1 cc for a total of 3cc. STILL

no restriction. So, back to the doctor for another fill two weeks

later. That fill was another 1cc for 4 ccs total. Still, virtually

no restriction. I have to eat a bit slower and there are more things

on the list now that don't go down so easy. So, I am having another

fill next Tuesday and hoping I will finally feel some restriction. I

have a 10cc band. Has anyone else had this kind of experience?

>

> Thanks

>

> H

>

[Guest guest]

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I too have a 10cc band and I am now at 8ccs....I have restriction but

can still eat anything I want except french fries....I have no idea

why. I can eat meat and everything else but for some reason every

time I eat french fries I throw them up. So i gave them up since i

wasnt suppose to be eating them anyway. I got my band in Feb. o8 and

have only lost 30 lbs. I really had hope to have met goal by my 1

year but seem that that will happen. I only needed to lose 75-80 lbs.

The process for me has been very slow. So I guess I can say Im still

NOT at my sweet spot. Going for another fill in Jan. and hoping for

the sweet spot after that.

Good luck and hang in there.

-- In , " Deb " <horseigot@...>

wrote:

>

> For some folks in a 10cc band. Getting to 6cc or 7cc is a good

> fill, but everyone is different. Also with the larger bands it

> takes a bit longer to reach your sweet spot. Is it done under

> fluor, cuz if so you should be able to see it going

> down, and should be able to feel the water as it goes down, also

> getting your fill in the afternoon is a good choice, as the a.m.

> we are always tighter. Don't be afraid to speak up. You are paying

> for a service and after all you know your body better than anyone.

> Being too tight is not a good ideal more chance of slip, erode,

> reflux, etc. You should be able to eat credit card size protein,

> and produce. I gave up protein shakes and am back to losing..Yeah

> It's very hard to eat the protein,veggie at one time and not get

> full, wish I had learned this a year and half ago..Hope this helps

> Deb

>

>

> >

> > Hi, all. I am a little frustrated and need your help. I was

banded

> August 19th. I felt no restriction so had a fill at 6 weeks. I had

2

> ccs in the band and the doctor added 1 cc for a total of 3cc. STILL

> no restriction. So, back to the doctor for another fill two weeks

> later. That fill was another 1cc for 4 ccs total. Still, virtually

> no restriction. I have to eat a bit slower and there are more

things

> on the list now that don't go down so easy. So, I am having another

> fill next Tuesday and hoping I will finally feel some restriction.

I

> have a 10cc band. Has anyone else had this kind of experience?

> >

> > Thanks

> >

> > H

> >

>

[Guest guest]

He is doing blind fills. He said with my band that the company that makes them recommends 1cc at a time. I could not find a doctor in the SE that would do fills under flouro for less than a million dollars ( OK, that's not true but close:-). I think he is waiting for me to either be at the sweet spot or overfilled and then he will adjust a smaller amount at a time.

H

Re: fill after fill

As a rule of thumb... the bigger the band the more fills that are necessary to get you to your sweet spot.Is your fill doc just adding saline blindly? Does he keep filling you until water does not go down well and then does he take a bit out? Or is he just doing tiny fills to keep you coming back and paying for fills?

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Holsinger <bertschirealltel (DOT) net> wrote:

Hi, all. I am a little frustrated and need your help. I was banded August 19th. I felt no restriction so had a fill at 6 weeks. I had 2 ccs in the band and the doctor added 1 cc for a total of 3cc. STILL no restriction. So, back to the doctor for another fill two weeks later. That fill was another 1cc for 4 ccs total. Still, virtually no restriction. I have to eat a bit slower and there are more things on the list now that don't go down so easy. So, I am having another fill next Tuesday and hoping I will finally feel some restriction. I have a 10cc band. Has anyone else had this kind of experience?

Thanks

H

[Guest guest]

He fibs. Inamed and J & J suggest 3cc fills at a time. He's getting you for fill costs, that's how he makes money.On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Holsinger <bertschire@...> wrote:

He is doing blind fills. He said with my band that the company that makes them recommends 1cc at a time. I could not find a doctor in the SE that would do fills under flouro for less than a million dollars ( OK, that's not true but close:-). I think he is waiting for me to either be at the sweet spot or overfilled and then he will adjust a smaller amount at a time.

H

Re: fill after fill

As a rule of thumb... the bigger the band the more fills that are necessary to get you to your sweet spot.Is your fill doc just adding saline blindly? Does he keep filling you until water does not go down well and then does he take a bit out? Or is he just doing tiny fills to keep you coming back and paying for fills?

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Holsinger <bertschire@...> wrote:

Hi, all. I am a little frustrated and need your help. I was banded August 19th. I felt no restriction so had a fill at 6 weeks. I had 2 ccs in the band and the doctor added 1 cc for a total of 3cc. STILL no restriction. So, back to the doctor for another fill two weeks later. That fill was another 1cc for 4 ccs total. Still, virtually no restriction. I have to eat a bit slower and there are more things on the list now that don't go down so easy. So, I am having another fill next Tuesday and hoping I will finally feel some restriction. I have a 10cc band. Has anyone else had this kind of experience?

Thanks

H