I had my first fill yesterday. They put in 3 ccs and he said I would notice a difference and I don't at all! It seems like I can still eat as much and I don't have a problem getting anything down and I feel so discouraged. I don't get another fill for 2 weeks and I feel like what a waste. I should have *some* restriction. I ate almost as much as my husband tonight for dinner!!

Anyone have any words of encouragement? :cursing::cursing:

I had my first fill yesterday. They put in 3 ccs and he said I would notice a difference and I don't at all! It seems like I can still eat as much and I don't have a problem getting anything down and I feel so discouraged. I don't get another fill for 2 weeks and I feel like what a waste. I should have *some* restriction. I ate almost as much as my husband tonight for dinner!!

Anyone have any words of encouragement? :cursing::cursing:

All I can tell you is to hang in there. I didn't get any restriction from my first fill either. Some people can take 3+ fills to find any restriction. My second fill appointment the soonest I could get it was 4 weeks after my first (this friday) and I hope that it brings me some restriction.

*hug*

I have my first fill tomorrow and I'm hoping I get some restriction. I wonder what criteria they use to decide how big of a fill to do?

I had my first fill last week. It helped. At least I'm not wanting to eat everything in sight. I've gotten my courage back up and have an appt. for my second fill next week. Any one else get afraid every time they are going to get a fill? It's not the actual fill. I think it is the fear of the changes with each fill. Oh, well. Thanks for "listening".

I could eat like a horse after my first fill too. I was still losing weight, very slowly though. I thought I would give it an honest effort and waited 2 months between fills. I got the second fill about 3 weeks ago and OMG, it has been so hard on me. I went from eating a lot to eating next to nothing. PB'd a few times, still slime every other day. I can't believe the difference. I have lost 8 lbs in 3 weeks and I am still very tight. I can only eat a few bites of dinner and I have to stop. I started sharing a plate with my 18 month old, that is how little I eat. Water is tough to drink until the afternoon. I burp everytime I swallow something. It is not good to be too tight, very frustrating. You want to eat everything in sight but your body will not let you. If you try to eat a lot you will pay. Just sit back and relax, restriction will come in time. Good luck

Brenda I hope your fill goes well. I have my first fill tomorrow also and am a little nervous and I really hope I get restriction as I have none at this point.

Audrician, are you glad you got the last fill? Do you think you will have to have some removed? The problems people have seem so scary to me, but I also feel I have to get another fill to use my band properly. Anyway, thanks for the comment.:huh2: I hope things go well for you.

I got the second fill about 3 weeks ago and OMG, it has been so hard on me. I went from eating a lot to eating next to nothing. PB'd a few times, still slime every other day. I can't believe the difference. I have lost 8 lbs in 3 weeks and I am still very tight. I can only eat a few bites of dinner and I have to stop. I started sharing a plate with my 18 month old, that is how little I eat. Water is tough to drink until the afternoon. I burp everytime I swallow something. It is not good to be too tight, very frustrating. You want to eat everything in sight but your body will not let you. If you try to eat a lot you will pay. Just sit back and relax, restriction will come in time. Good luck

I was like this and had a slight unfill today. I was miserable because I felt full ALL the time. And I would only eat because I knew I needed to, but even then, I could only eat a bite or two. About the only thing I could eat without PBing or sliming was -- get this -- SUNFLOWER SEEDS! I guess because I could grind them down to dust before I swallowed!

But the other morning I got up, tinkled, took a sip -- A SIP, MIND YOU! -- of water, went to let the dog out, weighed, booted up the computer, let the dog in, started a load of laundry, pulled the dry towels out, folded them and put them away, was headed back through my bedroom to get dressed when I burped almost a mouthful of water! I asked my husband who was laying in bed watching CNN -- "How long ago did I walk out of here...?"

He said, "25-30 minutes, why...?"

I told him, "Because the one SIP of water I took STILL has not gone down."

He told me "Call and make an appt. TODAY or "I" will!!!"

Thanks everyone for the encouragement! I know I won't get total restriction my first fill I just thought I would notice a difference. All I ate yesterday was Protein thinking it would help and it didn't. Guess I'll try again today. I'm debating calling my doc to make sure this is where they want me to be b/c my doc said I would notice a difference and I don't.

I'm not really afraid of all the problems that come along with it. If I'm sliming and PB'ing a lot I will go right back in for an unfill. I don't want to live miserably!

Good luck everyone on your fills!

With my fill center you have to really be dramatic and be like "I'm starving.. I'm so hungry all the time".. (if you are that is, you don't want to lie), but that's how they gauge how much fill to give you. I have two other friends who go there and they say that if you just casually act like, "yeah I need a fill" they don't fill you as much. My first fill was pretty decent, but only lasted a week. But it was perfect because I could eat regular foods, but just not a lot and I wasn't hungry. I hope its like that every time. Sadly, it just didn't last long enough. Now I'm stuck at this weight again not going up or down until Tuesday.

It's not a waste!!!! Don't forget you have to get the first fill to move on to the second and the third!!!! :biggrin: It's like living through Monday to get to Friday!!!! Step by step <thumbs up>

I Just Had My First Fill Yesterday 4/2/08 10 Ap Band 2 Cc In Me I Cant Really Tell Either If I Have Restriction I'm Just Taking It Easy. Hang It There Time Will Tell Good Luck To You.

***Update***

I called my doc and told him I felt exactly the same. He said if I still feel that way by Monday to come in and they would give me another fill. My doctors are sooo understanding! I am so grateful I went with them for my surgery!!

I just got my fourth fill today, I now have 7.5 cc's in my 10cc band- I have not felt a drop of restriction until TODAY. AFter all of my other fills, I felt exactly the same as when I went in. Today- I am having to really sip sip sip my liquids to get them down. I can DEFINATELY tell a difference, so just hang in there. I was exactly like you and actually sent my Dr. a desperate email explaining that I could eat a 10oz steak and baked sweet potato NO PROBLEM and that I was gaining weight and was always hungry. Our fill center seemed very light on giving significant fills as well. I just felt like i needed something more to take me to that level I've been waiting for. I cross my fingers and hope that this lasts! Hang in there and be your own advocate- let them know that you feel like you need MORE! gOOD lUCK!

I went through this exact same thing when I was first banded and was soooo discouraged. And my doctor only gave me 1.5 cc's each fill! So it took what seemed like FOREVER to get restriction. But finally, with my 5th fill, and 7.5 ccs of fluid, I got restriction and am off and running on losing weight. It was really hard being patient and I hated every minute of those months but I am so happy now. And in a way I can honestly say I am kind of glad for the slow start because it allowed me to get used to restriction slowly. I didn't just wake up one day only able to eat tiny amounts of food and the small amounts of my fills helped me avoid over filling and I am thankful for that because being too tight is not fun. I will admit I was jealous of people who had fills put in during surgery and whose doctors gave 3ccs at a time, but in the end it kind of all levels out. You all end up at similar spots after one year of being banded. In ten years we will look back and it isn't going to matter if we got restriction in one month or five.

Audrician, are you glad you got the last fill? Do you think you will have to have some removed? The problems people have seem so scary to me, but I also feel I have to get another fill to use my band properly. Anyway, thanks for the comment. I hope things go well for you.

I am certainly glad I got this fill. I am hoping that the more weight I lose the looser the band will get. There have been several days when I thought I just want to eat and I am going to get an unfill. I was so hungry (head hunger) I just wanted to eat some fried chicken and mashed potatoes. I made it through it and I feel some sense of accomplishment. Fighting the head hunger is so hard. As far as the band tightness, I can really tell a difference this weekend. I was able to eat 4 oz piece of white fish a little rice today along with 3 cherry tomatoes. Nothing got stuck but I was full up to my throat! I burp a lot more, it is like when you burp, the food passes through. It feels so weird. It is not nearly as painful to eat as the last 3 weeks have been. I took a few sips of Sprite to help me burp more. It is so gross but burping relieves the pressure in my chest. I am down to 160 today, need to update my ticker again. I have lost 10 lbs since this 2nd fill. It has not been easy dealing with all of the pain and sliming but I am getting used to chewing properly and slowing down to a snails pace when I eat. It is so hard to change lifetime habits of eating really fast and swallowing food without chewing it up really well. You have to really be mentally prepared for when you do get good restriction, it is definately hard when you are using food for nourishment, not pleasure.