Comments on: Loosen your Lap Band and lose some weight

By: Rachael Keilin, MD

Rachael Keilin, MD — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:39:58 +0000

I’m so sorry that you’ve had such a difficult time! Reading your story, I am wondering how your doctor performs fills. Do they base their fill volume on what they see on a swallow study (xray) or do they judge how much to fill based on how you are feeling – hungry? overly tight? able to eat anything? – that sort of thing. A 1 ml fill if you’ve been having problems with over-restriction can be a little too agressive and you might need to fill very slowly in 0.1 or 0.2cc increments. There’s a possibility that you have a problem with the motility of your esophagus, i.e., the ability of your esophagus to squeeze food forward past the band into your stomach. That may well need to be checked out with a test called manometry and I recommend you speak with your surgeon about this as a possibility. I truly believe good communication between patient and doctor will produce the best possible plan. Best of luck!

By: Joanna Hooper

Joanna Hooper — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:59:21 +0000

Hello, im on struggle street, i got banded 3.5 years ago and fell pregnant 3 months later, i lost 18kilos in that 3 months,i had all my fill out when i fell pregnant and after 1 year after giving birth, i have since had 4 fills and 3 time ended in hospital due to dehydration and not keeping nothing down, not even sips of water. i had the camera put down yesterday and every thing came back fine, so the surgeon put 1ml back in taking it to about 4 mls, since then i have not kept nothing down. im spewing up frothy spit and have heaps of gas, i live 45minutes away from doc and am sick of having to travel back to get fluid out due to not being able to keep nothing down, i have just tried a sip of milo and i feel so sick and im just waiting on it to come up. Any help or advice would help please.jo

By: Dr. Ron Hekier

Dr. Ron Hekier — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:48:11 +0000

Thanks for your reply and keeping checking back!

By: Ligia Lequire

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By: Dr. Ron Hekier

Dr. Ron Hekier — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:48:43 +0000

Yet another example of how important adjustments are. You have to get it just right. Don’t forget the follow up post from Dr. Keilin:
http://blog.noscales.com/2009/03/lapband-loosening-part-two.html

By: Jennifer white

Jennifer white — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:59:52 +0000

i got my 3rd fill on monday (7-6-09) and yesteday (7-10-09)i had to some took out,Since i could only eat things that were VERY bad for me..and i was getting sick with every meal…i am just glad i didnt wait til my next visit to gain weight.

By: Mary Reed

Mary Reed — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:00:40 +0000

At 6ccs, I couldn’t keep anything down. Now I have 5 and a half ccs. Will I not be able to ever have more than 5 and a half ccs put in?

By: Dr. Ron Hekier

Dr. Ron Hekier — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:22:39 +0000

Remember, we can’t discuss individual issues on this site. We always say that the Lap Band works by helping you with your hunger, not with restricting your food. Every fill is different and your body can react differently each time. If a person has signs or sypmtoms of excessive restriction then we ask them to come to the office to potentially have fluid removed from the gastric band.

By: Gail Noiel

Gail Noiel — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:23:49 +0000

I recently had a fill on March 30th and before that March 2nd. I think I am too tight. For 2 weeks I have got almost nothing down, vomiting all the time,some liquids and water, sometimes. Do you think it was too soon to get a fill? I will be in to loosen some. Thanks

By: Rachael Keilin, MD

Rachael Keilin, MD — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:24:25 +0000

I think there are too many variables that go into what makes a good fill that we should discuss it one-on-one when you get the to office Don’t forget to write everything down before you come so we don’t miss any questions!