Hello I am pretty new to this forum and I find so much interesting info here. I could not help but to notice that it is someone that had been filled at the time of their surgery, is this normal? I am getting my band next month and was wanting to know if this is something that I should ask them to do at that time?

Thanks for any info

S Williams

Hi S,

It is not normal to have Fluid in the band at the time of placement, no. Particularly with the Inamed 4cc band (which is what most people get), it would be highly unusual.

Everything I have read said the first fill is a minimum 4 weeks after surgery.

Hi there I was filled at the time of surgery also to 2.5 CC. The Doc said that the reason for this was because my insides had no fat. There was absolutely no fat around my organs and my stomach was small therefore if they didnt fill it, I wouldn't lose weight. I feel fine...Hope things are well with you too.

I have the Vanguard band and I was filled with 2 cc's at surgery.

Even if you didn't have fat on your organs, which is suprising really, if your BMI was in the range they request, but, that is great. Usually they don't put the fill in at surgery because the band when first placed is just establishing itself on your stomach, and there will be swelling on its own. Not to forget to mention that you can't eat solids during the first 4 weeks anyway. The Week you get the fill the doctor needs to check you out anyway to make sure there are no problems

Thanks for the interesting advice, I hope everything works out for me as well.

3/18/05

Banding Date

I have seen several people that has the larger band get some fill with surgery.

I have the 4cc inamed band, and I was filled with .6cc during surgery. From my understand fill is used to make sure that the band is 'snug' around your stomach (not tight of course). I didn't actually know this until I went for my fill and they pulled it out. lol...