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Whoops, I didn't realize we already had a thread like this going. Let me put my victory here then! I can cross me legs again!

There seems to be at least two different ways I see doctors giving fills, and I seem to really like how my doctor did mine as compared to many of the others. He puts the needle in and has us sit up with it there. He puts in X amount to start and then has us drink water. If we feel it is no different than before the fill, he puts in more. If it's still the same, he puts in more. He puts enough in to where the water actually backs up in your pouch. You can feel it, and it's uncomfortable. He then knows that you are too tight, and then takes like .2 ccs out. He takes that amount out until we feel our swallows of water go down again without any problem. After that, he puts that last amount back in and out again, just to make sure we're feeling the water go down right. My first fill, I was unsure of what to "feel" and said I felt the water getting jammed up when I really didn't. I just kinda thought I might have felt something. When he'd ask if I felt a difference, I started to just say yes or no based on, I guess my imagination, lol. I say that because with my second fill, I truly felt it. The water being held up in the pouch was a very real, uncomfortable feeling. The band being unfilled, and the water I drank being passed through without issue, was a much different feeling. My doctor has me do non-hot liquids the rest of the day, mushies the next and you can progress back to solids whenever you can tolerate it. As for puking your food back up (PBing), it's really not a horrible experience. It's not fun, but it's not like puking. It's weird, but much more tolerable in my opinion. Good luck with your fill. I feel your fill amount should be unique to you, not a predetermined amount. I have had two fills and I'm sitting at 6ccs and some change in a 10cc band.

Whoops, I replied to the wrong thread. Don't ask me how that happens, lol.

Woot! Geez, 50 lbs! You go!

Yay for us! Anybody else have something awesome happen? Pants too big? Mine are hanging and I'm digging into my "too small clothes". I can't wait until all those clothes get too big, too.

I had something similar happen. The day after my surgery, I was admitted into the hospital for a few days with some gnarly post-operative nausea. My BMI was probably 41 at the time and my nurse said "you don't look like you needed this surgery". Sure, she probably was trying to be nice or something, but I had just paid $10k, went through the surgery, and was suffering in the hospital because of it, and here this nurse was telling me it was all unneeded? Granted, I was pretty worn out, sick and bitchy at the time, but the question kinda ticked me off. I replied that I had the surgery because of my ankle (It's just about ready to be fused), but I had been seriously thinking about this surgery for about two years before my ankle issues came about. I wanted the surgery because I felt horrible about myself. I have endured decades of feeling horrible about myself, and it has only gotten worse and worse. I didn't want my BMI any higher.

I think you're on to something there.

As of this last week, I can comfortably cross my legs... the girl way even.

I really hope that doesn't happen to me! Stay, fill, stay! Camping was fun. I did PB two times while there, but was able to eat small amounts of everything (other than those two PB meals, I suppose, lol). I did a lot of physical exercise, too.

Geez, eating is a chore. I sure wasn't doing a good job of practicing eating slow and well, because I'm having a helluva time of it now. That's okay, having things get stuck is GREAT motivation. On the positive side, the scale is finally moving again. Yay!

Oh gosh, how scary. I hope you had an okay night last night, and are in the doctor's office getting it fixed right now! I had a large first fill also, but my doctor has me take a drink of Water with every half cc or so until the water hangs up and I'm over filled. Then he backs off 1/10th cc at a time until the water passes freely again. Once it does, he takes out another 1/10th. I don't know... it's a whole big process.

I think this 2nd fill is going to do the trick. I tried some more solid food yesterday and got stuck after just a couple bites. I probably didn't chew well enough or slow enough, as I really haven't had to worry about either of those things until now. Or, I guess it could be that I'm still swollen from the fill. Whatever it is, I hope I figure it out or unswell soon because I'm going camping tomorrow and have the best meals planned to make on my grill while we're there. I don't want to a) cook yummy food I can't eat more than one bite of and have anybody notice I slaved over a hot grill for hours, yet am only drinking my Walmart brand weight loss shakes (I swear that the Equate Strawberries & Cream in a can is the best flavor of all weight loss shakes, ever. Not too thick, either) and odd little mushies.

I haven't been gutsy enough to use my card, but I almost did once. Yep, this post pretty much solidifies my fears! LOL I have the card that came with my band, and a card from my doctor.

Good job!

I have my fingers crossed for you! Sorry you got poked so many stinking times!

Ooooohhhhh! Thanks, Woodslass! My TOM has been out of whack. It came a week early, then started a week late the next time around.

What is TOM? I'm so ready for my 2nd fill on Tuesday. I can eat toOooOoOOoooOo much!

I'm doing fine with chicken, too. Not that I want any issues with eating the "problem foods" or anything, but I sorta feel like I *should* be having problems of some sort.

Brenda - good job! Boo! I have my fingers crossed it clears up ASAP for you (((hugs)))

I just made an appointment for the 24th to get a second fill. I don't have any restriction, and I don't feel like I'm feeling full like I should. Hell, yesterday I ate steak and today a hotdog with bun... no problemo! I could go eat 2 more if I wanted. Well, I'm pretty sure at least. Fortunately, even though I don't feel the band is doing its job yet, I'm still not eating much. It's not willpower but rather just a fear of eating too much and getting stuck or PBing. Now, however, I did totally PB some tortilla chips. It's events like that that keep me from eating everything in sight. Even though it seems I may be wide open and able to eat everything, I can't. I don't know what food is going to cause me grief. Those tortilla chips are the first and only thing to give me any grief since getting my first fill. So, anybody else already planning on getting a second fill, or think they may need to get a second fill?

I know, huh? I kept my eyes closed and he was all like "why are your eyes closed" and I said something like "so I don't see the nightmare sticking out of my belly".

It was alright. I was a bit weirded out by having a huge syringe sticking out of me while I took drinks of Water, but I survived, lol. I'm taking it pretty easy, food wise, so I'm not sure if my first fill is going to be enough for me or not.

I'm 4 weeks post-op, so not getting my fill too much earlier than you. However, I could have had it as early as 3 weeks post-op. I wanted to get it that soon, but figured I should take into account the 4-5 days I was so ill after surgery and not count that has proper healing time. Have fun on your cruise! Be 100% sure you're comfortable with the new restriction before climbing aboard!

No hell here. Even though my surgeon is pretty slack with the post-op diet, I started out this whole ordeal sick in the hospital for days, so I didn't really feel like eating too much for a long time after that. Then, a few weeks after surgery, I ate too fast, and probably too much, and my stomach hurt for like 24 hours. I don't ever want that to happen again, so I've been eating small portions, very slowly. I had my first fill two days ago, so now I'm being even more cautious. It'll probably be a while until I know if I have restriction, that's how iffy I'm being with food. However, count me in with the club who's holding off on exercise and/or using their fill date as a starting date. Since banding, I've exercised maybe 5 or 6 times only.

Wow! Excellent!