How much is in your friend's Lap Band? What size shoe do they wear?

The answer to the questions above? Who cares?!
I find it curious that people always ask "What's my fill? How much do I have?"
Then they rush home and put their fill volume on their ticker on http://www.lapbandtalk.com/ or http://www.obesityhelp.com/ and compare it with other people's fill volume.

Let's all remember that the Lap Band is an 'adjustable gastric banding system'. Notice that first word? Adjustable; it is adjustable for each person. A fill that works for you won't work for your friend, and vice versa. Trust me, I wish I knew what fill would work for you, because then I would give you one fill and one fill only, and we would see great weight loss results for you more quickly. However, the average person needs probably 3 or 4 fills until they are around their 'sweet spot' or what some call 'The Green Zone.' Not too tight, not too loose, but just right.

Next time some one asks, what is your fill volume, remember that makes as much sense as you seeing your friend wearing a nice pair of shoes and asking "Nice shoes, I want a pair just like that, what size are they?" Your friend's shoe size is different than yours, and so to will be their adjustment volume.