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[Oklahomagirl1970 4]

I have had 3 fills and I am now at 5cc's. When I get fills the doctor makes me drink Water as he fills me.. As soon as his nurse hears me "gurgle" she stops with the fill. My last one was .9cc's and so I'm hungry I have no restrictions at all!! I can eat anything and as much as I want but if I drink very much it starts gurgling...does anyone else have this issue?? I thought water would go right down.. It seems to stop and my food seems to go right down...

[B-52 7,113]

He has you drink as he is putting saline in your band? And stops when you start to gurgle?

That's a new one for me, but then nothing surprises me after being on this forum fo so long you learn there are so many different ways to do this thing.

My Dr. would give me a fill, and would say "Drink some Water before you leave and tell me if you have any problems"

In other words, making sure I can drink and that I was not too tight.

I have that gurgling thing all the time, especially first thing in the morning with my coffee...It kind of reminds me of Water circling the drain as it goes down.

As far as your fills and getting to the green zone...be careful what you ask for. For me, it was immediate after my last fill...even though I could drink water at the office before I left, the next day was a different story altogether.

Some people would have gone right back anf have some of that last fill taken out., and I was tempted to do so also.....but .I did not. Instaed I concentrated on what and how I was eating....which in my case proved to be the secret...the band forced me to change from my old ways of looking at food and eating...and that to me was what it is all about.

But it was hard...it was hard dieting from surgery up to that point, and then it was hard learning and applying the lessons (rules) after that last fill.....

But once I did....HEAVEN!!!

[WLSResources/ClothingExch 3,443]

Same adjustment procedure here that B-52 describes. Never heard of the technique you describe, OklahomaGirl. My NP or surgeon does the adjustment and then hands me a small cup of Water. If it goes down, good. If it doesn't (which hasn't happened), a tad of the saline would be removed on the spot. Gurgling is common and there's no accounting for the time of day. It may come and go or it may be an ongoing phenomenon.

It's fairly common for mornings to be more difficult for liquids and/or food than other times of day. Many people can't eat or drink until they've been up for while, sometimes a couple three hours. In my case I can't drink cold liquid in the a.m. I take synthroid first thing and must wash it down with warm Water. Tepid water isn't warm enough. My current gurgling occurs at random at any time; I may have a few days straight and then no gurgling for quite a while.

. Keep in mind that, if you put 10 people with bands in a room, you may hear 10 different experiences in all aspects of living with a band. You'll hear from at least some of them that the band changes its behavior at whim; hence, "the fickle b***h."

Gurgling may be embarrassing and annoying, but I've never heard of it being truly problematic. If water/liquids are slow-going or painful, then you might want to go back in to remove out a tad of saline.

As an aside, I see that you mention the amount of saline you have in your band now. Lots of us go into those details, but they haven't much significance. First, you don't mention the capacity of your band. Second, and more to the point, your 5cc may result in a band so tight for someone else that he has to have some removed. It's part of the range of differing experiences. I've known people who've never needed adjustments for their bands to be good, working partners; they lost weight steadily from the git-go.

Best wishes.

P.S. Whoa! I spelled out the word. The BP system substituted asterisks for the "i-t-c." I demand a recount! This is grownup time!

Edited October 25, 2015 by WLSResources/ClothingExch

[Oklahomagirl1970 4]

lol! Thank you both I just kept thinking I've done something wrong!!

[WLSResources/ClothingExch 3,443]

It takes time to feel confident about what you're doing. When I went to a support group meeting as part of my surgery investigation, I couldn't understand a word said by the people who'd had band surgery already. I felt too dumb to be able to have the surgery and got weepy at the meeting. People understood and assured me that I wasn't the only one. Between you and me, though, I'm probably the only one who ever got weepy.

You're fine. Next time you have an appointment, repeat what you asked here. Hearing the answer from the pros will give you an extra boost.