Well i had my first fill today! Woot woot right?! Well they gave me 2.5 cc in my 10 cc band.. things were moving along nicely til it was time to eat....well i decided to have grilled shrimp for lunch.. I chewed and chewed and uh chewed some more. I had 5 medium sized shrimp. My fill did not agree with eating 5 so i ended up slimming until i finally threw up a small portion of it. After that I was fine. It's definately a learning experience when it comes getting a fill with the band. I had adjusted to the plication and the band without restriction. Now it's time to adjust to having fills I know i need to listen better to my band , and when enough is an enough. I now understand what people say when they say "They are making the face". lol i saw myself in the bathroom trying to keep it down.. the face i was making was interesting lol. But now that i have my fill maybe i can kick into gear with the weightloss again!

You are not suppose to eat on fill days, Did your doc not tell you liquids, for the first day full liquids next day then mushys the day after that then food?

You may have to do several days of liquids now because the swelling will be worse a the episode.

Lesson learned

yea no solid food on fill day, it's back to liquids, then mushies then solids....take is slow....

No not even the nurses said anything either. Now I know better. Lol.

I can't believe they did not tell you! How are you supposed to know? I just scheduled my first fill for March 27th so we'll see how it goes. I am on day 2 of mushies (soooo much better than soup!!) but I had a horrible reaction to an anti-biotic (Augmentin) yesterday and last night, and ended up in the ER for treatment (goodbye $250 deductible!). They pumped my body full of steroids (prednisone) and Benadryl and other stuff. The itching has subsided but the humongo welts are still there, just lying flatter against the skin. Now, the battle of the prescribers starts- ER doc wants me to take steroids for 3 days and switch antibiotics, so I purchased those. Surgeon absolutely forbids the steroids which will compromise my immune system and stop healing on my (internal) incisions, risking possible tearing and or internal bleeding which can lead to.....death. Soooooo, surgeon wins! No more steroids although the itching FINALLY stopped! Quel cauchemar, as they say in French! ("What a nightmare!"

wow greekie, that's horrible, I had a bad reaction to the glue and my surgeon put me on steroids and had no problems. So glad he did b/c i was going crazy from the itching and welps...

I can't believe they did not tell you! How are you supposed to know? I just scheduled my first fill for March 27th so we'll see how it goes. I am on day 2 of mushies (soooo much better than soup!!) but I had a horrible reaction to an anti-biotic (Augmentin) yesterday and last night, and ended up in the ER for treatment (goodbye $250 deductible!). They pumped my body full of steroids (prednisone) and Benadryl and other stuff. The itching has subsided but the humongo welts are still there, just lying flatter against the skin. Now, the battle of the prescribers starts- ER doc wants me to take steroids for 3 days and switch antibiotics, so I purchased those. Surgeon absolutely forbids the steroids which will compromise my immune system and stop healing on my (internal) incisions, risking possible tearing and or internal bleeding which can lead to.....death. Soooooo, surgeon wins! No more steroids although the itching FINALLY stopped! Quel cauchemar, as they say in French! ("What a nightmare!"

oh no!!!! glad to hear youre doing better, even if its just a little better!