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I have a question, I had my first fill about two weeks ago, could it be possible that I am just now feeling restriction, or would I have noticed restriction sooner? It all of a sudden feels like my food isn't passing as easy. Thanks!

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hi Lolo, I have not personally experienced that, but I have read on here frequently that feeling restriction can kick in a week or so later. That is awesome if you are feeling some restriction after your first fill. I gained a couple of pounds between my first and second. :-)

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Lolo-T - in my research I've learned that a fill can take up to 2 weeks to settle in and "take". Just thought I'd throw that into the conversation!

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i have done that with some of my fills. i had one before where i think great this fill was not working then bam about a week and a half later it hit me and i am like wow this did work everyone is different my doctor said some feel it right away and some people it takes time. my first fill did nothing for me so you are lucky it took me three fills to start getting good restriction.

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Me, too -- I usually feel differently around day 4 or 5. Best wishes -- you are on your way!

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I am a year post op and relocated. The new Dr does my fills under Flouroscopy... which I think is odd and more pricy. I have had 1 fill and do not feel that it was adequate. I no longer have that FULL sensation and have gained 10 lbs. I am only 1/2 way to my goal wait and want to get there within the year. Part of me would like to fly back to my original surgeon to have the fills done..... INPUT PLEASE

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I am a year post op and relocated. The new Dr does my fills under Flouroscopy... which I think is odd and more pricy. I have had 1 fill and do not feel that it was adequate. I no longer have that FULL sensation and have gained 10 lbs. I am only 1/2 way to my goal wait and want to get there within the year. Part of me would like to fly back to my original surgeon to have the fills done..... INPUT PLEASE

I was in green but then my hunger was returning a little bit more between meals. So my sixth fill was another 0.01 cc fill bringing me to 7.6 in a 14cc band. This made a huge difference. Tiny fill, huge difference.

Creep to your green. Don't overshoot it. My NP says it's much easier to creep toward a proper fill level than to retrieve it by unfilling.

Good luck.

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You know... that is the one thing I do not know.. how much I have been totally filled. I have the records from my Dr who did the surgery. I will look and then go there. I am hungry all the time. Granted I am in training... but the scale dont lie and I hate that!.

** Now why cant I do the TICKER?? I am having problems with that too... UGH!!

Thanks so much for the input

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Sure glad to help. I aim for 4-5 hours between meals without hunger as a barometer of good fill level. When I was getting hungry after three hours again I decided on another tiny fill. My last two fills have been 0.01 each.

Ticker--I can only do it from a PC. Search in settings.

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I see you quote CREEP TO GREEN..... I have only seen that in the new Dr office. Where can I find that chart? I should have joined this so long ago.


Yea kiddos... found that this site doesn't play well with CHROME so I popped into Safari and BAM!

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Lol I had no idea it was quoting somebody. My NP said it.

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I am a year post op and relocated. The new Dr does my fills under Flouroscopy... which I think is odd and more pricy. I have had 1 fill and do not feel that it was adequate. I no longer have that FULL sensation and have gained 10 lbs. I am only 1/2 way to my goal wait and want to get there within the year. Part of me would like to fly back to my original surgeon to have the fills done..... INPUT PLEASE

I would personslly question the need for fluoro for a standard fill. Several reasons.

It exposes you to unnecessary radiation. Not much but ANY unnecessary exposure is too much!

It is expensive.

It only shows how tight you are at that precise minute. For example, if I had a fill under fluoro at 9 in the morning, my band would seem tight. With the exact same amount of saline, three hours later, it wouldn't!

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I am a year post op and relocated. The new Dr does my fills under Flouroscopy... which I think is odd and more pricy. I have had 1 fill and do not feel that it was adequate. I no longer have that FULL sensation and have gained 10 lbs. I am only 1/2 way to my goal wait and want to get there within the year. Part of me would like to fly back to my original surgeon to have the fills done..... INPUT PLEASE

I was in green but then my hunger was returning a little bit more between meals. So my sixth fill was another 0.01 cc fill bringing me to 7.6 in a 14cc band. This made a huge difference. Tiny fill, huge difference.

Creep to your green. Don't overshoot it. My NP says it's much easier to creep toward a proper fill level than to retrieve it by unfilling.

Good luck.

When it's at 7, how well did you get down food

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