I had first fill today. The nurse took 8.6 out and then injected the same exact amount back in.. I go back in another week for another one if needed. I don't understand how taking out what was in there and putting it back in will give me more restriction this week but I do feel more restriction at the moment. when I took my first drink of water it wanted to come back up but went out to lunch and managed to keep it down. other then feeling nauseous everything is good.. The fill doesn't hurt at all, Holding my legs up while she got the needle in the port was the hardest part...

I do not understand. If this was your first fill, where did she draw the 8.6 from? I thought we were 'empty' until our first fill.

yeah i'm confused too. i know some surgeons add a little something when they first place the band, but if it was your first fill, you already had that much in? wow! they draw it out to make sure it hasnt leaked out, but i'm not sure how puttting the same back in is considered a fill.. something doesnt sound right.

I was confused too but I figured she knew what she was doing. when I first got there she said she was going to put in 2 but then when she went to drawing it out she seen there was 8.6 so she put that much back in. I have restriction tonight for sure.

I have to apologize. I was mistaken. My husband cleared me up today during lunch. I had 5.5 cc's in the band and she took it out and then added more which brought me up to 8.5 cc's

I am very sorry for confusing anyone and also for maybe making ppl that read this think the center I am going to was doing something strange.

On the upside the fill helped me tremendously! I feel restriction and am not hungry at all. I woke up with a headache this morning so had a piece of toast with very small amount of nutella (I know carb overload, I was out of peanut butter) and later drank a cup of hot tea.. Head eased off. I wasnt hungry but felt I should have something for lunch so had a cup of brocolli and a plain hamburger patty. I ate half of it and couldn't eat anymore. My headache is back however. I think it is a sinus headache though. I think I will try a cup of coffee so I can rule out caffiene (I limit myself to 3 cups of caffiene per day)....

I hope you all are having a wonderful day. Thanks for the replies. It helps to know I have somewhere to come to and there is always someone that is there to talk with me that really understands.

I have my first fill on sept . 15 and to be honest i am a little afraid. Have heard both bad and ok results on here at different times and this is happening the day before we leave on vacation. Yuck .

Are you sure you want to do that on the day before vacation? I think I would wait until I came home just in case it was too tight.

Are you sure you want to do that on the day before vacation? I think I would wait until I came home just in case it was too tight.

I ask the dr and he said it would be a small filll?? but that it would bother me that much. I don't know though , maybe I will call rhonda the diatitian that has been helping out about thing. She works directly with him oh this. HUMMMMM

Tabby Ann - make sure you are drinking plenty of water and keeping your fluids up. I find that I get bad headaches when I let myself get dehydrated, even slightly. And upping my water intake helps them to go away. Good luck.