So I've been toying with the idea that my surgeon may not want to give me a fill when I go to my first post-op evaluation in August. I started out with 2ccs in the band, I do feel restriction, and since June 8th, I've lost 43 pounds. To me that seems like really a lot. I am not scared of the weight loss like I was at first, but I am scared that if I get a fill it will go faster and that will not be good for me.

I trust my surgeon, and I know that he will do the right thing for me... but I'm a little apprehensive. What do those of you who have had fills (or lost the weight with no fills) think?

I did talk to my surgeon's office once, and he said that if I'm feeling fine then it's okay (meaing the fast loss); which I am, I feel AWESOME. But I didn't ask him yet about what he thinks about not getting the fill.

Granted, I'm excited to be losing weight and feeling so good; but it's so important to me to do this the right way and to do what's best for my health and my body. I feel like at this point it's got to not be Water weight anymore...

I do plan on calling on Monday.

Thanks everyone!

I went to my appt for my first fill 6 weeks post op and it was decided that I didn't need one. I did not have anything put in at the time at surgery either. I am now 2 months post and still feel the restriction. I know there are several people on here who didn't need their first fill until 6 months + after. If you don't need it, don't get it...but still go for your appt. Great job!

Wow Rozie!

That is so awesome and I am so happy for you, and I thought I was losing weight fast! You may not need a fill right now. I got 3.5cc within about one month and a half after surgery (2 different appointments because of a step scale). I had my Lapband surgery with gastric plication on April 11, 2011 and I am so amazed and glad that I have overcome the fear of having surgery. Because there is no way I could have lost this kind of weight on my own and this fast. Just to think that I was in a size 28 pants and 3-4x blouse, and now I am in 22 pants and 2x blouse. I am so happy with the way I look, my husband thinks I am HOT! I hope that you keep up the good work because you are doing great!!!

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Fe Fe.... I am having the band with plication on August 1st...Do you have any tips? Congrats keep it up!!!!!

I'm scheduled to see the physician's assistant at my surgeon's office on Aug 4th, which will be 6 wks post-op. I've lost 27.4 lbs as of today, 20.4 of those pounds being post-surgery. Unless things change a lot in the next 2 weeks I plan to hold off on the fill. Sometimes I'm hungry only a couple of hours after I eat, but other times I can go 5 or 6 hours until I get hungry. Not sure why but I don't always eat on a regular schedule anyway. It seems like the less fill people have, the less complications they have, so I want to be conservative with fills.