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 had my first fill today. It went fine. I had it under fluro. My doctor overfills it and then has you drink to let you know how it fills when you are obstructed. It hurt. He then lets it out. I only got 1.6 cc fill today. He likes to be conservative. On top of that I have lost 20 lbs post-op and 20 lbs preop. I am on liquids until supper tomorrow nite. I just don't know what to eat first. I am scared to get obstructed.

I just went and got my 2nd fill so only have a total of 1.5 cc really wish he would of given me more but he wouldn't grrrrrrrr. So far I have drank a slim fast then later a protein shake and so far nothing no problems swallowing or anything I have lost 24 total now banded 12/19 also.Dr. has me on 2 days of liquiod diet after a fill.

I get my first fill tomorrow. I am VERY excited. My scale has bounced up and down between 221 and 223 for the last three weeks, plus I'm feeling hungry and fighting snacking so I know it's time. I really hope this helps. I would love to see the scale move, and I'd love to not feel like I'm about to gnaw off my arm from hunger! (I get REALLY frustrated when I feel like I'm starving myself and then still don't see the scale move.)

So stop starving yourself! You may be not eatting enough calories. If you dont get enough calories your body will do this starvation mode thing. and hold on to your calories.