That is what happened to me.  I could never get to the right fill.  I agree with the others, maybe a slight unfill will help.  I know how you feel.  You try to eat, you throw it up and then a bit later you're still hungry because your meal never made it to your stomach.  For me, I then ate what would go down and it wasn't healthy.

Try the unfill and see how it goes.  Good luck.

Had no band for 6 months with no revision and no problems.  I just needed WLS to help me with my eating and weight.  I totally felt back to  pre-op with no band.

Good luck with your revision.

I can't remember all of the reasons why, but my doctor felt very strongly that the band removal was not a good option on it's own without a revision. I just remember her saying that after having it in pace for so long, it created scarring and other issues that if removed and left with no revision, would leave me with other medical issues. I had a low BMI at the time of revision, so I did not do it for weight loss (although it's been a nice side effect!)--I did it because I had to get that band out of my body and that was how my doctor wanted to do it! I am very happy with my decision to have the RNY. 

Wishing you good health--no matter what you choose to do.

I had my lap band surgery in January 2014 and I have lost maybe 10lbs..

I had my last fill about 4-5 months ago and now I cannot keep anything down, everything I eat comes up. Despite all my discomfort and my

suffering I still am not losing weight. I cannot eat without running to the restroom straight after. Nevertheless, I am not losing any weight.

It looks like I am putting weight on. Since I am hungry when it comes up and I want to eat again.

What is wrong - I am so frustrated and understand that I am making wrong food choices but when I try to eat anything that is healthy like a salad or fish  i throw it up.. 

I am disgusted and frustrated..

I think most of them were sick and had pain and vomitting before hand and had been in and out of the ER several times before they finally got them out. Some already had parts of their stomach and/or intestines that were necrotic (had died off). Some of the bands had attatched to the liver and other organs with scar tissue. They are just very grateful to be alive, it is a shame but very few ERs know how to treat bariatric patients even when they do bariatric surgery at them.

Docs are getting very leery of treating band patients because they are afraid of law suits and they want no part of working on the bands, very few surgeons do them any more. I read a recent study that said only 6% of bariatric surgeries are bands now, the majority are RNY and VSG with a few DS, but 6% is a pretty small amount for the whole country!!

That is another major issue finding anyone to treat you when so few are doing them now. They are much easier to put in than take out especially if they have a lot of scar tissue to deal with. I think that is why I still can only eat small amounts of food, I think my surgeon left scar tissue in (he said he didn't but it sure feels like he did) and that makes it feel like the band is still there. Even if they do remove all the scar tissue it can still come back since that is how the body protects itself after any kind of surgery. That scar tissue or adhesions as it is also sometimes referred to, can cause a lot of pains and pulling feelings in your stomach afterwards. So you can see why so few docs want to deal with this. Many aren't trained in removing the bands just in putting them in, since back when I got mine they figured it was a life long device but they have since changed that.