Hi out there, My surgery was 4/4/07. I followed instructions to a tee but after the alloted time I started eating normally again. It feels as though I have no restriction and I have been filled twice. The second one just a 4 days ago and still hungry and can still eat large quantities.

Can anyone tell me how many cc's they have had. I am up to 2 cc.

After my 1st nfill, nothing. After my second, which by the way my dr put the needle in the port and attempted to pull out the fluid from the first and surprise! There was none! So now I am on my 2nd fill (really my 1st). I got 1.5cc's and yes I do feel the restriction. When your dr. gave you the fill, did they pull back the fluid to make sure it was in the port? Good luck! Ja9

Can you feel the restriction as they are filling it? If that happened to you when they missed your port how exactly do they know they have the port in the first place.

No, you cannot feel any restriction as they are filling the port; if you could, I would have none that the dr missed the first time. What I have learned is that when you get a fill, the dr should insert the fluid, then pull it all back into the syringe. If nothing comes back, he missed. Does your dr do that?

It took me 5 fills before I got a lot of restriction. It's different for everyone, some people don't need a fill at all, while others take a lot. I usually get tighter after 3 weeks too!

sounds like he is not putting enough in there. i had my on past tuesday. my doc said that he put in 6cc and i am too hungry still. what in the world!!!!

that is why they have the x-rays. and make sure that that screen is right in front of you so that you can see how the barium and water is going down. pretty interesting. but he was inserting the saline, i also took a cup of barium. he asked how did it fell going down.

now my other question is, i am wondering if my doc. lied about how much saline he put in!!!

so iluvharleys you say that you won't actually fill that restrictions until after a couple of weeks, even if you had gotten a first fill? i am very confused about it because i still can pretty much eat anything