What size and type of band? HELP! PLEASE!!! So nervous!

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HI! I was just wondering what size and types of band you have been banded with. My son-in-law's doctor uses a size 14. His father on the other hand was banded with a size 4. One doctor I spoke with wanted to use a 10 and another wanted to use the Realize band that expands to a 9. What does "expand to" mean?" Does that mean it isn't really a 9. I so want to make the right choice. Help! PLEASE! What do you have and what worked for you! Thank you

My understanding is.....you don't pick the size, your doctor does. My doctor offered me the LAP-BAND^® or the Realize band (I got the LAP-BAND^®) but as far as the size....the doctor picked that....he told me I have a "small" that holds 10cc's Like you, I don't know what "small" means, the 10cc's part I understand....that is how much it holds for fills.

I read about both bands and picked the LAP-BAND^® because it's been around longer and the doctor said he reallly did not prefer one over the other.

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Banded May 28, 2008
First fill 06/25/08 3cc in a 10cc band
2nd fill 06/30/08 1.5cc
3rd fill 07/17/08 ????
4th fill 07/31/08 .5 cc
5th fill 08/14/08 .25 cc
6th fill 09/09/08 .25 cc

The dr. chose my size as well during surgery. I don't think the 4cc is used much anymore but I am not sure, as it slipped more. My dr. referred to the 10cc as the small and 14cc as the large. During my surgery he started with a 10 but had a hard time with fit, but the 14 was too big, so he used the 14 and put in a prefill of 14cc. He did both types of bands as well (LAP-BAND^® and Realize) and said he didn't have a preference either way so I went with the tried and true that he was most experienced in.

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