How long can you go until your 1st fill?

roband · January 13, 2007

I was banded on 12/1. I still feel like the band is doing its job. Do I still need a fill??

mousecrazy · January 13, 2007

If it's not broke...don't fix it! That's a saying we use around here in Texas...LOL!

I waited about 6 weeks, I think...

Every journal is a personal one...make it work for you, and go for a fill when you are ready.

BabyGotBack · January 13, 2007

I have been asking the same question. It varys on everyone. I am the type of person who retains Water and I heard if your tissue is swollen, your band is swollen, so I was thinking if that had anything to do with it. I am post op day 8 and love my natural restriction and hope to keep it as long as possible. I am making my 6 week post op fill appointment just in case though.

I have also read about people who go through "bandster hell" and are starving and can eat in the first 6 weeks.

Audree

juliegeraci · January 13, 2007

If you aren't hungry and you are losing you don't need a fill. There are some lucky patients who have natural restriction even if the band doesn't have any saline. I would hold off and wait to see if you get more hunger or if you stop losing. My 2cents. Good luck.

Carlene · January 14, 2007

My surgeon has a patient who has lost 150 pounds and never had a fill.

MarySue33 · January 14, 2007

I'm beginning to believe that I am one of those people. I am three months post-op, but so far I have had good natural restriction. My surgeon told me that as long as I am losing 5-10# a month he won't give me a fill -- that he will wait until my weight loss slows down.

From what I have read here, I feel like I have 'sweet spot' restriction. I can eat a small (translate: reasonable) amount of healthy food, I am not hungry, I am learning what satisfied feels like, and I don't crave 'crap'. I have slimed when I eat too fast without chewing enough and if I try to eat bread or something like that, I invariably end up with that golf ball feeling folks describe.

I am going to enjoy it while it lasts...

roband · January 14, 2007

:decision: Great advice! I will let you know how it goes!

teatea6931 · January 16, 2007

I was banded on 12-11, i lost about 27 pounds, i am feeling hungry, but thenurse told me that u need to eat Protein and that will make you feel full. If I get hungry I will try to get it sooner. I live in Texas, DR Carter banded me

KittyBoozie · January 16, 2007

So if your hungry and start over eating again thats when you get a fill?

Kitty (Healthnet HMO)

Yvonne · January 16, 2007

Hi,

I'm due for my first fill at the end of April - so that's 5 months from the op. I got my op on the NHS in Scotland so I have to take whatever appointments are given to me.

It seems a hell of a long time to wait though. I have no restriction and it's sheer willpower that's stopping me from eating like I was before the band, but I do fall off the wagon here and there.

Yvonne

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