small fills

[Jacqueleen 0]

I was banded on 8/13/12 and my doctor will only fill me .25 at a time. And also getting another appointment takes months. I am only at .5 I have expressed I would like a larger fill but he talks of going easy. I have never had any complications and can still eat a steak and cheese sub! Anyone I know in the community has gotten larger fills. Especially for the first one. I am just wondering if anyone else has experience with this. I got the surgery for a reason and would like to actually feel some restriction. But whatever I'm saying to my Dr. Doesn't seem to be working. Help!

[catfish87 3,471]

Does your Doctor do fills under fluro? I'm guessing not. If possible, get them done under fluro. They CAN get to a better restriction quicker and check to make sure all is well at the same time. I'm speaking from experience, its to your benefit.

[Benellibabe with a Band 17]

I actually had 4ccs filled in my band the day of my surgery and even though I am 4 weeks postop I feel totally UNrestricted. I can drink tons of Water without small sips and when I eat even though I haven't eaten any breads I don't have to take small bites, no gettn stuck and no vomiting or anything. I don't understand how I can eat so much and not get a real feelin of fullness that everyone speaks of. But my first scheduled fill is at the last week of january. I feel hungry all the time and feel like I don't even have a band in place. Its weird but hopfully after my fill I will finally feel restriction cause this 4ccs certainly isn't my green zone. I still only eat 3 meals a day with no snacking and doing everything by the book but the hunger is eatin me alive. Ugh! Haha

[♕ajtexas♕ 3,771]

I was banded on 8/13/12 and my doctor will only fill me .25 at a time. And also getting another appointment takes months. I am only at .5 I have expressed I would like a larger fill but he talks of going easy. I have never had any complications and can still eat a steak and cheese sub! Anyone I know in the community has gotten larger fills. Especially for the first one. I am just wondering if anyone else has experience with this. I got the surgery for a reason and would like to actually feel some restriction. But whatever I'm saying to my Dr. Doesn't seem to be working. Help!

Just because you can eat a steak sub doesn't mean you should. My doctor fillede slowly about 8 fills over 8 months. His reason was it gave me time to learn how to eat with the band. Small bits, chewing till mush and waiting 1 minute between bits. I also had to change my food choices, protien first, veggies, etc...

I found the green zone with about 10 pounds from my goal. Focus on changing your lifestyle. Don't expect the band to do all the work, it's not a miricle cure. It's just a tool to help you.

Good luck to you.

[Jacqueleen 0]

I don't actually eat steak subs all the time. I'm actually on a diet outlines by my nutritionist. But if I wanted to I could. I'm still so hungry all the time and I feel like less than half a CC each time doesn't do much. No I don't have fluoro fills and when I get filled it's actually painful. My dr. Doesn't use numbing cream and when I asked he said he doesn't so that. He said I was in pain probably do to the fact it was sore from working out. I just feel like my experience is so different from others in my support group

[2muchfun 8,928]

Sometimes you have to be assertive with your doctor. If he's getting paid for each fill, he may be behaving like a chiropractor and is milking the insurance company for every dime he can?

Stand up and demand at least 1 cc(or more) till your start getting some restriction.