Lap Band Fill Adjustment

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My uncle lost 110 lbs since August last year.

I got my lap band last week and i gotta get esophagram in two days before fill #1

[ekocentric]

I had a fill on monday (June 5th) and it is now saturday (June 11th) and I've managed to lose 7 lbs (Working in the yard over 6 or 7 hrs may have been of some help too.)

After 4 days I becan having problems swollowing even soft foods and get full after about three or four bites. I can only drink out of a glass, not a sports bottle or can.

Even though this is about my fifth fill this isn't the first time that I've had this problem.

What should I do? Go back and have some fluid taken out?

[miracle231]

This was very informative

. Thank you for sharing.

[plutoplatters]

has it really come to this ?? just shut your mouths people !! it's not any special magic!

simple.

[EgyptianMuslimah88]

i had mine a month ago and my first adjustment was this morning, it took many trials to reach the appropriate fill :) i lost only 14 pounds bec. i wasn't exercising :( but i'll try harder starting from tomorrow :)

[AKQJ40]

o m g that looks painful as hell!!

[Tumbleweedgirl]

This is unbelievable! What have we succumb to? So, I see, a medical procedure that controls what we intake in our stomachs. If you people would stop stuffing your faces with all that "food" you wouldn't need this!

[Sweat4Me205]

@Tumbleweedgirl can be such an ass!

[sabre65xx]

Just had my first 3 cc fill today. I have the Realize Band and it's below my right rib cage. The Dr. first numbed the area with some lidocaine. I barely felt anything. I definitely feel more restriction.

[gencten01]

how can u really check on your doctor? I'm only going by recommendations. :(

[tajishaan]

I had lap band done 9 days ago and had 5 incisions on my abdomen. All 4 little ones have healed, but the one where they put the port is taking longer. It also hurts everytime i breath... is it normal?..Yesterday ..it was swollen like a cone..and dr sd to use heating pad. the swelling went down... but i am worried about the pain i have everytime time i take in air........pls someone..tell me if it is normal inittial stages.. I am getting so worried.

[drrichd]

By 9 days out most of the tenderness should be gone. It is not normal to hurt that much, but what is less normal is the swelling you described. I would be concerned about an infection. At the very least you should be seen by your doctor and it decided if antibiotics, opening incision, removing the port or just that nothing should be done.

[Santeecutie]

I had the lap-band almost 2 weeks ago and Im having the same pain you had with the breathing. I went trick or treating with the kids and walked an hour, when I got home, the pain was so so bad. Everytime I would take a breath, the port area would hurt so bad.

[lenegal77]

Someone I know had lap band surgery. It is not without risks.

The doctor is very well known and reccomended. He scheduled several patients the day of her surgery.

She waited at least 12 hours after her scheduled surgery.

She ended up with MRSA.

After checking out this very popular doctor, he has had 5 lawsuits and settlements since 2000. Hers will be the 6th.

Check your dr out thoroughly before surgery.

[sunsetbeach123]

MRSA is very common in hospitals. It can be transmitted by anyone (doctor, nurse, family member) that didnt wash their hands properly. I dont know what the lawsuit entails so I cant really say much more then that.

[CheekyThrill]

Um, as a nurse, I have to say, that is ridiculous! How can you prove the doctor was responsible for the MRSA???

[Singnsista]

I had the lapband in February 2008 and I've lost 40 lbs so far! You have to exercise. The fat is not going to just go away because u have the band. It just helps you not to overeat. U still have to work.

[tallsmartbeauty]

NO WAY ID RATHER HAVE GASTRIC!!

[nessamaine]

tallsmartbeauty...everyone does what is right for them...how about avoiding the negativity and praising people for choosing to save their own life...no matter HOW they do it. :) peace.

[CheekyThrill]

wonderfully stated

[celinejen]

I'd never have gastric, not everyone has 6 months to take off from work. No, thank you. I'm 3 years out from the lap-band and I'm normal weight. It took me two years.

[ekocentric]

What the hell? I just lie on the "Flouroscope", ex-ray machine thing and the nurse practitioner puts a needle in my stomach. A few seconds it's over.

Before I get horrified that someone is sticking a needle in my guts it really is over.

[CheekyThrill]

Does it hurt a lot?

[springsteen24]

She doesn't look fat at all!

[ohnoher]

Well, not anymore thanks to the band.

[RMCKIE]

When I get mine filled the port hole is in my chest area. I have had no weightloss in the 18 months since having my operation. I am going for my 6TH band fill next week and a check to see if it is leeking or if I have problems with my port the following week. At the moment I want to have a full gastric bypass instead.

[taciturnu]

Some people don't see results until they've had 7 or ten fills. I'm surprised it's taken so long for your doctor to check to see if there are any leaks, though. BE PROACTIVE WITH YOUR HEALTHCARE, and don't give up on the band yet. Best of luck to you!

[lalamj]

Wow, that sure is a lot of broo-ha-ha for a band fill. Mine take less than 5 seconds, and does not include an IV. From the people I know with the band, no one goes through all that.

It can miss, and it's not painful.

[drrichd]

You are one of the lucky ones then. The fill vol that is the correct amount for 1 person maybe different for another. If someone is giving you a set volume at set times, you are being cheated. Also your experience seems to be N=1. I see hundreds of patients a month and fill patients from lots of other surgeons. Filling can be hard or difficult and the actual placement of the needle in the port is not the hard part of the fill.

There is no IV. Tubing that you see is part of the huber needle.

[OsiriSioux]

Is there an advantage to using "big needles" as described here, versus a regular gauge needle? Other videos on here show just a regular needle being used, no need for anesthetic... And someone on here mentioned that their dad actually gets an injectable anesthetic?

[drrichd]

The needle used is a speical non-coring needle called a Huber needle. A regular needle will damage the port and cause it to leak. Depending on how deep the port is (based on fatty tissue) you can use between a 19 to 22 gauge needle. We use a spray anesthetic. 1 needle stick is better than 2. This is not painful when done correctly.

[OsiriSioux]

Gotcha. "This is not painful when done correctly:" The words "big pinch" would seem to be at odds with that statement. ;-)

[melinda119]

that looked f'n painful! *shudders*....yea agree with riverland what's a fill?

[drrichd]

The Lap Band is a device that provides mechanical restriction around the top portion of the stomach. This helps decrease the feelings of hunger/craving and allows a person to feel full faster. It is controlled via a fill/adjustment by placing saline into a port that is connected to the balloon in the Lap Band.

[drrichd]

When done correctly, it is not painful.

[MS85ToyotaCrown]

Is it possible to miss.

[gulce84]

what is this for needle :Si had a small needle and after 10 seconds it was over :s

[gaaraisloved666]

My dad gets a small needle to numb it before the big needle goes in, for the fill.

[riverland73]

what is a fill