I'm going in for my first fill on April 19 and I was wondering if it would be possible to tighten my band the most as possible and then later reducing it if it was too tight. A friend of my mines that also has the band suggested it because after going through ten fills he is finally is his "green zone" which is 8cc in a 10cc band. Any susggestions? And where you put on a liquid diet after the fill?

It all depends on your doctor. My doctor gives a large fill the first time (I got 5.5cc for my first fill) then only 1/2 to 1 cc each fill after that. When I was in this last time, I only got 1/2 cc. I am at 7.5cc in a 14 cc band, I do feel restriction, but I think when I go back at the end of the month, I will get 1/2 cc more. I can tell I am close though, but still not seeing the weight come off that quickly

Everyone is totally different. What may be tight for one, isn't for another. Better safe than sorry getting too much. I'm sure there aren't many doctors out there that would do that anyways.

I can't imagine a dr doing that. Giving you as much as possible for your first fill. They probably give you the most during the first fill only because they're starting from zero, but you want to go slowly. And yes, almost everyone has to "rest their stomach" as much as possible after a fill. My dr tells me Clear liquids for 24 hrs then diet as tolerated. Some people do 3 days of full liquids. Just depends on your dr.

Good luck!

Marci

You need time to adjust to the new way of eating. Giving you a fill that tight straight up would probably cause you problems. Drs do things in a certain way for a reason. You need to trust your Dr and that he knows what is best.

I agree with what the others said -- it depends on your doctor. I have a friend that got her band done in Mexico. She got a HUGE fill pretty soon after her surgery, and she only had to get it tweaked once after that. I suppose that works out well because Mexico is a long way to go for a fill from New York. (This was when the surgery was new and there weren't many doctors doing them in the USA.) On the other hand, I went in for a bajillion little fills during my journey. I can't imagine my surgeon ever agreeing to giving a BIG fill if he has the option. So yeah...I think it just depends on your surgeon and circumstances and whatnot. Talk to your doctor about it -- the worst thing that can happen is he'll tell you "no."

I just had my first fill and they put in 4ccs. I think the doctor likes to start slowly to fill ur band. And I was put on the liquid soft diet for a couple of days