Never in my wildest dreams would I have believed I would be standing in front of a xray machine with a needle sticking out of my stomach saying " Wow how cool is this".

Dr. Tim who does my fills got a real kick out of that. Never having done floro I was fascinated.

Being self pay I had been putting off doing this but he sure was able to give me good restriction right away without being to tight.

I had hit a plateau and wanted to getting things going again before the Holidays.

I just had an appointment with my surgeon and although we decided I didn't need a fill, I did watch

a shot of barium go through my stoma and into my stomach, neat to watch.

I have never had a fill under floro, but I thought it was cool when I did my barium swallow the day after surgery. I could really see the band slowing down the flow of the contrast...I was pretty impressed (it could have just been the anesthesia scrambling my brains though!).

I barely remember the one in the hospital. All I remember is being in pain and they made me get up and walk to the room where that was done and I still felt so out of it. I didn't get to see anything....just wanted to get back in bed. Wish I could get one though. I hear everyone say how cool they are

I have never had a fill under floro, but I thought it was cool when I did my barium swallow the day after surgery. I could really see the band slowing down the flow of the contrast...I was pretty impressed (it could have just been the anesthesia scrambling my brains though!).

I have had 4 or 5 fills in the last 3 years and I had my first fluoro yesterday with a new Dr. It was awesome! I was really happy to finally see my band and be reassured that everything looked normal and was working. The only issue I had was I was expecting to have around 7.5cc of saline in my band, and when the RN pulled out all the saline, there was only 6cc. I'm not sure what happened to the 1.5cc that I'm 100% positive was in there. I'm happy there is only 6cc but now I'm just confused!!

My surgeon likes to use the floro, too! He, also, put the needle in and had me drink barium to watch it go through. He reduced me from 4 cc to 3 1/2 after he saw the slow drip at 4. I just had revision surgery and had an empty port, so I had no restriction. It will be nice to have restriction when I eat. I told him that I knew I had no restriction, as couldn't eat salad for 2 years, and all of a sudden I could eat lettuce without a problem! Gained a little weight while I was empty, too! Karen

Update: it has been 31/2 days since the fill with floro and have dropped 4lbs. I couldn't get that darn scale to move for the last 8 weeks no matter what I did. I will say that I have to eat really slow now, so slow I finally give up as I lose interest. Who knew chewing was such great exercise. I have gone back to my protein shakes once a day to make sure I am getting enough protein.

I know what you mean about chewing. Do we get exercise credit for that?! I sometimes find that I lose interest because my food gets cold too! But since the lbs are coming off, it's all good!

Been gone for awhile anyone living back East knows how crazy it has been with the snowstorm. Anyway my one daughter her husband and 4 kids moved in for a week till there electric came back on. Was nice and was still able to watch my food. Had this been presurgery everyday would have been a party and I would have gained a good 5 lbs at least in the time they were here. Had my first fill today. It was so easy and interesting. I didn't feel anything and loved watching how it works. I only got 1cc and of course I'm on liquids so not sure how it will work as far as the tightness. Glad to be back hope all is well and doing great !

I had my first fill today too under fluro. Very weird

Keeping my fingers crossed that this jump starts weight loss again, cause it had really slowed down and I am disappointed.

liquid diet today for me too. Thank the Lord its only for one day.

Good luck

Been gone for awhile anyone living back East knows how crazy it has been with the snowstorm. Anyway my one daughter her husband and 4 kids moved in for a week till there electric came back on. Was nice and was still able to watch my food. Had this been presurgery everyday would have been a party and I would have gained a good 5 lbs at least in the time they were here. Had my first fill today. It was so easy and interesting. I didn't feel anything and loved watching how it works. I only got 1cc and of course I'm on liquids so not sure how it will work as far as the tightness. Glad to be back hope all is well and doing great !