I'm heading out in a few hours to see my doctor and hopefully get my first fill. Surprisingly enough I'm not very nervous... yet. I plan to not watch so that I don't see that great big needle I keep hearing about. My doc is pretty conservative so I don't expect to feel any restriction afterwards.

How many of us December bandsters have already gotten filled? What amount of fill did your doctor give you?

Curious minds want to know :-)

I have the larger band I got 5cc in a 10cc band. I am on liquids today and tomorrow. but I just chugged a bottle of Water and it all went thru smooth.

It is weird...I used to ONLY drink really cold water....now I dont want it too cold because I feel it going thru and that is too weird.

I got 1.5cc in a 10cc band . . .he had more in, but I started burping and could feel a rock in my chest, so he backed off. I notice a difference in the morning when I'm eating . . . have to go slow. The rest of the day is the same as it was before. However, my weight had basically stalled before the fill last week . . . and now it is starting to slowly move again. Yea! Good luck!

I had 3 cc put in at surgery. I guess for some bands that is normal. It is to help it seat itself. At my first fill I got 2 cc's put in. I feel some restriction while drinking, sort of like a funnel effect, early in the morning and late at night. My eating habits are catching up with me since being filled because now, when I don't chew well, I feel it.

Good luck! The needle wasn't as bad as I worked myself up to think it would be....but I didn't "watch" the whole time.

Well I'm home and filled :-) I have the 10cc AP band and my doc says that I had 3ccs at surgery and then he put 2cc in today. So I have 5cc and I can feel a little bit of restriction when drinking. We have to drink a 8 ounce bottle of Water before leaving the office and I was able to do that with no problems but I could feel it going down and I couldn't chug it so I am happy. I hope this sticks around.

My "food" for the day is a smoothie from Planet Smoothie... 22oz and it's got whey Protein added... it should take me all day to drink it. LOL

Mushies tomorrow and the next day if I need them, but then I'm finally free to go back to "real" foods. Yippeeee!

Thanks for all of your replies!!!!

I can still chug a bottle of water. I wonder if I should of had more

I'm heading out in a few hours to see my doctor and hopefully get my first fill. Surprisingly enough I'm not very nervous... yet. I plan to not watch so that I don't see that great big needle I keep hearing about. My doc is pretty conservative so I don't expect to feel any restriction afterwards.

How many of us December bandsters have already gotten filled? What amount of fill did your doctor give you?

Curious minds want to know :-)

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I had surgery 12/17 and had fill today done under flouroscope. It really was not bad at all. It is a funny feeling when the doctor fills the band up and then pulls the Fluid back to optimum level (without completely shtting the flow of fluid, etc). There is a very small amount of pressure in the chest for a few moments at that point. But it is nothing to be feared at all (for those of you who haven't gone for the first fill yet).

I had this done at 2:00 p.m. and was back in work by 3. Right now I just have that funny gas feeling (like needing a burp) like I had after the surgery. I feel a little hungry but then I just sip about an ounce of Water and the feeling goes way for 5 - 10 minutes. I am staying on Clear Liquids for three days, then full liquids for a couple of days before venturing into actual food.

Good luck to december 2007 bandsters and any one else venturing into this thread.

Male 41 years of age

327/315/292 now/about 190 goal.

After my fill I also was burping for hours...

Well was on mushie day after fill, so I decided to try some Soup with some meat... i didnt even finish half, seem like more like 1/4 with 2 fish cake. I think the fill tightness is working...

finally weight 252... hope to break 250 next week.

I had a fill this week - 5 ml in my APL (14 ml) band. I can definitely feel cold Water going through slower than it did before the fill, and I can only drink about 4 oz, compared to the easy 8 oz before the fill. I'm not expecting this to be perfect restriction, but I'm hoping once I start solids again I'll have at least a little more than I did!

I have a second fill appointment in 3 weeks, on the 13th of Feb.

I have a weird gas bubble in my sholder. It comes and goes. I thought it was gone yesterday until I was working out then BAMN it was back. man that sucked. when I got home I was doin ok. I wonder if it will be back again tonight when I go work out.

My second fill... 3months =(

but I will call doctor office once I feel im slowing down again.

I'm scheduled for my first fill 1/30. I'm nervous and dont think I will have one. I'm doing great and am not hungry.

Maybe, I should just get it over with.

I'm scheduled for my first fill 1/30. I'm nervous and dont think I will have one. I'm doing great and am not hungry.

Maybe, I should just get it over with.

The fill wasn't bad at all. To me it was less painful than a vaccination. It was a little weird to have a needle hanging out while they syringed the Fluid in and out, but not particularly painful.

You might be one of the lucky ones who has restriction right away and doesn't need a fill. I thought I might be, then I went from totally satisfied on 4 oz at three weeks post-op to feeling hungry despite 8 oz servings and a snack or two at four-and-a-half weeks post-op. So wait and see how you're doing - maybe you won't need a fill :-)

HTH-

I am going in on Monday for a fill. I am so excited because I have started feeling hunger. I can't wait! Wish me luck.

I had my first fill last friday don't feel any restrictions at all,call chug water take big vitamin pills,eat a cup of food and not feel full(but I stop) so I called today going for my 2nd next thursday hope he is more aggressive this time only put in 1cc last time. He said that is what the makers of the band recommended then .5cc the next time. My mouth dropped when I read on here ppl where getting 5cc there first fill. I copy and pasted some threads and sent them to my dr. lol see what he says.

I just know my Dr does his fills to what you need.

I had the 10cc band in. and he wants you to feel restriction. so We drink water when the fills are being done. so he knows what is too much. 6cc was too much but I think 5cc was not enough because I am not feling restriction right now.

I think next fill when I hit that spot of too much and he backs it off till it flows thru again. I will have him add a little more back into it and I will drink again to make sure I am at a good spot. I think I needed to be more vocal with him. He dosent know what I feel only I do.

I think I just had a bubble which is why I couldnt get the water down.