If so, please tell us how it went! How do you feel? Are you still hungry?

Don't make me go and make a Feb Fill Roll Call!

10 days till the first fill on 3/15

6 days till my first fill

My fill isn't scheduled until 3/29. I am still pretty scabby though on my port incision. I hope that isn't still there by then or I doubt he'll do it.

my first fill is scheduled for april 11th, and i am happy that i still feel so full! but april is far away, so we'll see....

My first fill is scheduled for 04/07. I am having some restriction now -- it's really interesting getting to know the signs and wrapping my brain around physical hunger versus head hunger. My port incision is scabby too (one of the reasons that my doctor likes to wait for first fills -- to allow for healing). I am anxious, but a little nervous -- I guess it is just fear of the unknown.

My first fill is this Wed 3/9. I'll keep ya'll posted...

hey groovy!!

12 days out here

no fill yet

see doc on 4/8/11

hope you are doing well

If so, please tell us how it went! How do you feel? Are you still hungry?

Don't make me go and make a Feb Fill Roll Call!

My surgery was on 2/11 and my first fill is scheduled for 3/15!

I posted this elsewhere but wanted to share here too...

I am just over 4 weeks post op and had my first fill yesterday. All went well. Not much pain but a very strange feeling.

The Dr started with a lanicane shot which burned like hell but was over quickly. Next he felt around for my port which was pretty easy since its very close to the surface. Thats odd in itself since I can always feel it and even see where it is. Dr says that's fine based on my weight.

Next the dr injected the saline into the port. Its a very feeling b/c I could feel the Fluid entering the tube and band. It took only a few seconds to add 5cc's. That seems like a lot but the dr was comfortable with that. Not sure what I am now supposed to feel. I think there is some restriction but not sure what that should feel like. After the fill i drank about 8oz of Water to see how well it went down. I drank it down over about 5min. It seemed to go down just fine. I was told to see if it felt like the water was backing up or feel like it wasn't going down ok. Seemed like it went down ok.

While I was drinking the water the needle was still sticking in me incase the water didn't go down well and the dr needed to take out some fluid. Now that was weiered. I didn't like seeing the needle just hanging out...

All went well...the needle was taken out and now I am back to 2 days fluid, 2 days mush and 2 days soft food before going back to regular food. Today I'm a bit sore in the area but overall doing ok.

My next fill will be in 6 weeks. I hope to loose 6-8lbs by then.

Would love to hear others experiences...

Continued success to all.

Peace~

ally

That's great groovy! Had you lost any weight from surgery to your fill??

My first fill is scheduled for April 4th. I seem to have some restriction even now. I do get hungry (sometimes REALLY hungry) but I do seem to get full on 1/2 to 2/3 of a cup of food. My doctor has me on soft foods - I have tried some slightly more substantial things (diced chicken, pasta) but they gave me that "stuck" feeling and came back up. So I'm sticking to cottage cheese and refried beans and tuna salad...boring but safe. The weight is still coming off slowly, so I guess the band is doing its job. Just wish the food wasn't so dull! And I'd love a glass of wine...

Ok....got my first fill today It was pretty much painless... I found out I had 5cc in from the surgery and I got another 2.5cc today. I went in hoping I would be able to notice a change with the fill. I was having to really watch what I was eating and had stopped losing for the past 2 weeks. Ughh... Anyways, I had to drink water after the fill and and didn't have all of it down and was feeling full. I know it's just water but I haven't felt hungry and it was 6 hours ago..very crazy! I'm going to go back to my protein shakes tomorrow and see how that works... I'm hoping this dieting gets easier and the band takes over!! Guess only time will tell

Ok....got my first fill today It was pretty much painless... I found out I had 5cc in from the surgery and I got another 2.5cc today. I went in hoping I would be able to notice a change with the fill. I was having to really watch what I was eating and had stopped losing for the past 2 weeks. Ughh... Anyways, I had to drink water after the fill and and didn't have all of it down and was feeling full. I know it's just water but I haven't felt hungry and it was 6 hours ago..very crazy! I'm going to go back to my protein shakes tomorrow and see how that works... I'm hoping this dieting gets easier and the band takes over!! Guess only time will tell

How is it going today?? I can't wait for that feeling!

Ok....got my first fill today It was pretty much painless... I found out I had 5cc in from the surgery and I got another 2.5cc today. I went in hoping I would be able to notice a change with the fill. I was having to really watch what I was eating and had stopped losing for the past 2 weeks. Ughh... Anyways, I had to drink Water after the fill and and didn't have all of it down and was feeling full. I know it's just water but I haven't felt hungry and it was 6 hours ago..very crazy! I'm going to go back to my Protein shakes tomorrow and see how that works... I'm hoping this dieting gets easier and the band takes over!! Guess only time will tell

Doing well today... Not overly hungry... The nurse that did my fill said I could go back for another one next week already and I probably will... Going to see how this week goes first... They are aggressive with fills so we start getting the benefits of the band and don't get discouraged, which I'm good with!