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Your Lap-Band® is adjusted correctly when:

• Comfortable weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds per week
• Reasonable satiety between meals
• You can tolerated variety of foods
• You are comfortable

Your band is too tight when:

• Your have heartburn
• You have chest pain
• You can't tolerate solid foods
• You feel uneasy

Your band is too loose if:

• You stop loosing weight
• Lack sense of restriction
• You are able to eat steak or thick breads
• You are able to eat quickly with minimal chewing
• You are hungry

When should my band be adjusted?

• First adjustment no sooner than 6 weeks after placement
• Postpone first adjustment if you are losing weight and are comfortable
• Further adjustments are based on the band being too loose or too tight
• Band may be adjusted for pregnancy or chemotherapy or for other serious illness
• Weight gain will usually follow

When should my band not be adjusted?

• Before vacation or holidays

Why are adjustment necessary?

• Fat around the stomach and under band thins out as you loose weight causing band to loosen
• The saline in the band very slowly diffuses (leaks) through the band membrane loosening the band

How much fluid should be added to my band?

• 9.5 cm band: 1 ml at 6 weeks, 0.5 ml for second fill, 0.25 ml for additional fills
• VG band: 4 ml at 6 weeks, 2 ml, 2 ml, 1ml, 1 ml for additional fills