I am 4 weeks post-op and I received my first fill yesterday of 1.5cc. yesterday I felt a little restriction. I was worried about getting overfilled so I didn't get a big fill. However today, I feel less restricted. Not sure why?

Just give it some time. I never feel it until 6-10 later. Everyone is different. If after 2 weeks you don't feel it, you are still hungry, and can eat too much, call for another fill.

Fluctuation is very normal---it may kick in to where you feel restriction, after a few days, and you may end up needing another in a few weeks. It all depends on the size of your stomach, if you swell following the fill (which is likely why you felt it immediately and not now), and even how the other tissue in your body is reacting at the time. Like many women are much tighter with their fills during TOM. So just follow your Dr.'s guidelines, with eating following the fill, and see how it goes, it is the first step in the fill process, it may take a few more adjustments--but you are on your way!! Congrats!!!

Kat

Thanks for the reply. I can feel a little tightness in my chest, but I can eat WAY more than I could yesterday.

I read in another thread that sometimes the band absorbs some of the saline the first fill. Since my Dr. doesn't do any fill during the surgery, and since I only received around 1.2 ccs I wonder if the band absorbed some of the little bit they put in...

I get my first fill in the morning, but everyone I have met who has a band has told me that their fills don't seem to 'kick in' for 6-10 days.

Don't feel bad about not having restriction. I have a 4.0 cc band. I got my fourth fill last Wednesday. It looked tight as far as the fluid going down on the flouro and it seemed tight when I drank water immediately afterwards, but by the time I went back on solid foods on Friday I had amd still have absolutely NO restriction. My band only holds 4.0 cc's! What if I get filled to 4.0 cc's and I still have no restriction? I am on my second band. I had a slip with the first one. My fill doctor says that my new band is in the perfect position so that shouldn't be a problem. On my first band I was a little too tight at 3.0 cc's! I had a hard time drinking! What could be making such a big difference this time around? Any ideas out there?

I agree with Barbara. For some reason sometimes the fill takes a little time. Good luck.