Could it happen??

sallieanne · 08-14-2008, 10:38 AM

Hi all... just had a thought... can it ever happen that you get your band filled as much as it can hold & you still don't have restriction??

I currently have 7cc in my 10cc band from just my first fill because my surgeon primed the band with 5cc during surgery. I had no restriction after 3 weeks healing so have just had another 2ccs put in... I definitely have some restriction now.. but i would imagine i still have a way to go with restriction yet.

I'm not saying I will be in this position but I just wondered if anyone has been? Maybe your stomach can shrink so small that the band is just too big!

I have the APS Small 10cc band!

08-14-2008, 10:50 AM

Hi there,

Yes, it is POSSIBLE, but highly UNLIKELY that you will be at max capacity and not yet achieved full restriction. According to my doctor, all bands can be filled over the maximum capacity. I have the original Inamed 10cm/4cc fill capacity LAP-BAND^® system and I am currently filled 1cc over the limit. After changing doctors twice and 8 fills later, I finally have good restriction after 17 months of being banded. I was beginning to think I would NEVER achieve good restriction, but it took some time. I feel like I could go a little bit tighter, but if I did that, I would only be able to tolerate liquids...and that doesn't sound fun at all.

Big Dan · 08-14-2008, 11:10 AM

I have also been kind of worried that running out of adjustment before good restriction could happen. I am at 11cc's of a 14cc band after only three fills. For a month and a half after sugery restriction was good but since then I only feel restriction for about a day after a fill and then it's like I don't have the band. Okay, that is a slight exageration. I cannot eat as much as I could before banding but I only want to be able to eat about a cupfull not 3+. I was also told at my last fill that they could go beyond the limit a little. I wonder how much a little is.