Hi

I had my surgury Sept 18, 2007. I have yet to have any fill at this time because my doctors office will not do them until 3 months after the surgery. At this point I can eat whatever I want I just have to have will power. I have lost to date 33 lbs with no fill but have not lost anything in the last 3 weeks. To me this is very frustrating because I am eating right and excercising. I have an appointment next week to schedule a fill which my doctor does in the hospital since he wants you to go to radiology once the fill is done (I guess he fills to the max). Will I now start feeling like I ate 3 steak dinners or will I only feel pain if I eat too much. When I had this surgery I was under the impression that after I eat I will feel as though I ate so much I want to throw up yet I have not felt that at all, I feel as though I am just being really good about my food choices. I really don't know what to expect after my fill.

Jennifer

well, to be hones, you might not get much after your first fill. I didn't.

I am on my 8th fill and will have restriction again after this next fill (I had to get an unfill because I was overfilled).

What you should feel is no longer hunger after a small amount of food if you have propper restriction. When I say small amount of food, I'm talking bandster portion, 3 oz of meat, 1/2 cup veggies. Eat Proteins first.

I hear that if you eat too much you can thro up, this hasn't been the case for me. I do get shoulder pain on my left side if I eat too much, but I don't feel like I've eaten 3 steaks. The fullness is a different type of full then you had pre band.

Hope this helps.

you know i wanted to see if someone had more than 6 fills before restrictions. and i found you sunshine2. I am going for my 5th fill on the 8th of january. I was wondering how many fills can we take before we get to our goal weight?

goodtimes - all fills for everyone is so different. Whaty size of band do you have? What fill level are you at now?

I am currently at 3.0 cc's but need more - long story, but on my 7th fill got too tight (my own darn fault - trying to be impatieint) and had to get unfill. I'm going for another fill and trying to get back to 3.8 or 3.9 cc's. I think this would be perfect restriction for me.

My band is a 4.0 cc band, however, because some of the fill stays in the tubing part, the docs can usually fill the band up to 5.0 cc's (this is what I'm told anyhow).

It took me to my 7th fill to really get restriction, and it wasn't until after 3 weeks that it really kicked in.

It's been since 11/23 that I have been at 3.0 cc's and at first (because of my swelling) I had okay restriction, then it left, well, its been about 3 weeks now and I can tell I have more restriction now. Not enough, but more than I was feeling a week ago.

Feel free to PM me if you have more questions.

I hope this helps answer your question.

sunshine2-I too have a 4.0 cc. the last time was back in september and he only put in 1 cc. i asked him if there the saline leaks slowly, he said yes. i had been getting fills every month for about 2 months. i also asked him about the restrictions? of course he said that everybody is different. he has me drink water to see if there is restrictions. i am like you, i find that i can feel restrictions a week later.

GT - I did not start feeling restriction until I got closer to 3.0, so not sure how much you have in your band. Does he do it under flouro? Does he withdraw Fluid from you band each time to see how much you still have in there? Or does he just keep adding?

Sometimes just a little bit can get you to the propper restriction, so don't get discouraged and think your getting too full and no restriciton. My example is I was at 3.8 and had pretty good restriction, but felt I needed more because I don't have to take small bites, I was moved to 4.0 cc's which totally shut me off and made me go to the hospital.

My next fill I'm hoping he will fill me to about 3.9 cc's and this should be perfect - I think.