Do you sit up or lay down during a fill?

I think my Dr said he has you drink Water during a fill, any one elce had that expierience?

I just had a fill this morning. You lay down and puff out your stomach. They insert the needle and first take out all the liquid to check it then they add it back in plus a little more. After that you drink water to make sure the fill is not too tight. And then its a liquid diet for 2 days. Thats how my doctor does it.

My doc does pretty much the same thing as what Ariel said. I lay down, cross my arms over my chest and do a partial "crunch". He presses on my abdomen to find the port, numbs the skin and then does the fill. I don't think he pulls out all the Fluid at every visit, he usually tells me when he does; I think it's like every other fill, but anyway, you sit up, drink some Water to make sure it goes through with no problems and if everything is good, out the door you go. Fluids for 24-hours and then mushies for 24-hours, and then back to solids.

If they should overfill you, you'll know when you drink the water and they'll take some fluid out right then. I only had that once and it was instant releif when they unfilled me a bit. Still was numb and didn't feel a thing. :eek:

Ariel and StacyinDE,

Thats intresting, I'm gonna be banded on tuesday and I keep forgeting to ask the doc.

the crunch thing sounds intresting :rolleyes

I hope I can do that!

By the time you get filled (4 or 6 weeks out) you should be fine doing the "crunch" if that's what your doc does.

My doctor has you lie down to do the actual fill. Then he has you sit up to sip water to make sure you aren't too tight.

My doctor also has me lie down during a fill. Afterwards, I go to Radiology and they have me drink a solution and watch it go down under floroscope.

It's interesting to hear that some of the above posters actually have Fluid removed and reinjected with additional liquid. I don't like to watch the needle, so I'm not sure if my doctor does that, but I'm going to ask.