Tomorrow I have my first fill. I am so excited! But... I'm also nervous wondering if this will hurt! Did it hurt you guys and did you feel pain with the tightening?

How much do they generally put in for a first fill and do you feel it as being effective?

I am definitely eating less food but does the first fill make a difference?

How many fills did it take you to get to your "point" of comfort for loosing weight?

No pain nor discomfort during the first 3-5 fills.

No prob. ever, swallowing the Water after the fill. Keep to the post-fill instructions. It will be inflamed.

Frustrating time. You'll feel ravenous without much/any restriction- yet. be patient during this time.

Why do some get fills later and some start off with a small fill?

My band was installed empty.

I was told it's because of all the inflammation and swelling from the surgery has to subside, plus my surgeon sewed a flap of stomach over the band to prevent slippage later on. Probably good to not add unnecessary pressure on the stitches until they heal really well.

Once the swelling went down, they started with a small fill. Kind of pissed me off- I was SO hungry!

They allow each fill's swelling/ irritation/ inflammation to go down before another fill & see how you're handling the graduation back to solid foods.

Made sense to me so I went with it

No pain at all here with the tightening / fill.

The numbing needle hurt worse (burn) than anything else.

They only other thing for me was the heeby-jeebies watching a big needle jammed into my tummy. Some PA's aren't very delicate about it. LOL I got used to it and that doesn't bother me anymore.

Good luck!

Had my first fill. A slight pick and she added 1 cc. It takes a few days to kick in with 48 hr fluids and 48 he mushy foods