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Restriction? or Too Tight?

Well- I got my second fill on Friday and the first did nothing for me so I told the doc we needed to be a little more aggressive with this one. HE WAS! The first fill was 4cc and he said he would probably give 1/2 after that untill we got to the green zone. When I went in for the second I got 2cc. Problem is: I dont know if im being a wimp or if im too tight. I can not eat anything! I know a few days of all liquid but this is 5 days later and 1/2 cup of cottage cheese and 1 egg will not even go down. I think I got about 3 very small bites and thats it.

O.K. people let me know. Do I just have to deal with it for a few more days or should I call the Dr? Nobody wants to go for a small unfill but this is real uncomfortable.

BTW Im down 96 lbs. in 10 months- maybe 50 or so pre surgery- but that big 100 is so close I dont want to go backwards.

Thanks for the help.

God Bless

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You should be able to eat by now. I think I would have him take .2 to .25 out and see how that goes. Often a tiny bit makes a huge different.

As long as your keeping down fluids I would give it a few more days. There is probably still some swelling. I usually have a tough time after a fill. Good luck!

I would do the unfill...you should be able to eat at this point. A little bit will make a huge difference!!!

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Went to the Doc. Did a slight unfill- .75cc. WAY BETTER! Should have not been too aggressive for only the second fill.

Thanks for the advise

God Bless

Wow, I am going through the same thing you are. I got my 3rd fill and I was on liquids and mushys for the next 4 days. On my 5th day I went on a business trip to Vegas and I have not been able to eat anything at all. I can only drink Water, shake and eat Soups. But not creamy soups. It's not a good feeling because everything I threw up everything.

So, my first two months I lost 19 lbs. for the last three weeks I hadn't lost anything at all. Then after 5 days of not eating anything, just liquids, I lost 7 lbs. How does that happen?

I was thinking about going to the doctor but I have lost so much weight that I don't want to go. Oh and another thing, I am not hungry! So, here it is two weeks after my 3rd fill and I've decided to just eat soups until my next doctor's visti (in two weeks) so that I can loose more weight because I was at a plateau!

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I know how you feel about losing with the new restriction. That part made me wait to go see the dr. I could not even sip soups. I was real concerened about not getting enough nutrition. When they did the body mass thing on the scale it showed that in 6 days I lost 13 lbs. The bad part was 5 lbs of that was muscle. 8 lbs of fat good- 5 lbs of muscle not good. I dont blame you for waiting but be careful you are not starving yourself in the mean time. We need a certain amount of good food just to make it through each day. We want less thats why we all got the band in the first place. I was not hungry either but realized nothing at all was dangerous.

Good luck.

God Bless.

I seem to be having sort of the same issue. I had my 2nd fill in January and have not needed to go back as of yet. Until the past 2 weeks I was comforable and now I can not seem to keep anything down. I am scared to have some taken out for fear of gaining, but at the same time I know I am not getting what my body needs if I am vomiting all the time.

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