The First Fill

Arrived 10 minutes late for my 10:45am appt and thought they'd have to reschedule - but as usual they're running late and I sit for another half hour - guess it's a good thing my afternoon was free.

The nurse took me back and got me on the scale - then the PA came in to do the fill.

He was really nice and it was painless - 2.5cc.

What was really interesting is that I go back in another two weeks for another fill and apparently every two weeks until...

The PA told me the first three fills are "no charge" - Gee for close to 30K they ought to be free!

Clear liquids today, so I have a raging "no food" headache, but I found that these "test tubes" of liquid protein (100 cal/0 carb/0 fat/25g protein) while not tasty did do the trick.

I keep reading about people getting fills every 2-4 weeks and i am thinking my surgeon is going way to slow. I have had 3 fills in the last 7 months...the next one is on May. I have zero restriction and have lost about 34lbs...1/3 away from goal. And i am paying for al of mine.

MY dr waits 8 weeks for the first fill and 4 weeks for the next ones. I think my dr moves too slow

I'd read that it was supposed to be every 6 weeks!?! My surgeon's practice is all about the $$ so my guess is the sooner they get you to the "sweet spot" the sooner they get to move on to another case.