I was banded March 7, 2009 so I'm nearly 7 months post-op now and I've lost an uninspiring 7 pounds.
On the pre-op Meditrim shake diet I successfully lost 12 pounds. I felt fanstastic going in that with that start I could do this no problem. Within the first month out of surgery I lost another 7 pounds and then that's when trouble hit. Shortly after my very first fill, which I could feel restriction and had me sitting at 4.5 mL I started getting some extreme back pain. Worried that it may be band related I contacted my surgeons and just to be safe they removed all but 1 mL of my fill. The theory was that if it was band related I would feel a difference in 48 hours. Well I didn't. The pain went away just as mysteriously as it came but I also put back on all my post-op pounds lost as well as some of what I'd lost in the pre-op diet. Since then I've been going for fills regulary and I'm now up to I believe 5 mL (I can't remember if the last one was a .25 or .5 increase) and I'm not feeling a whole lot of restriction.
So, I religiously have been keeping a food diary for a few weeks now hoping that I can spot something there with the dietitian. I avoid all slider foods and don't drink with my meals.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

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Leslee

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