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:

Hi

Glad to here it's working, i'm only getting 1cc at a time, on 4th fill no restiction,was feeling very discouraged however reading about your story giving me some hope

thanks

margaret

Scotland

Hi AudricIan. I'm glad things seem to be going well. Congratulations on your weight loss. :blushing:

Hello everyone. I had my surgery on March 26th and had my 1st fill April 22nd. I could tell immediately that I had restriction. I just hope it will last a while. I have lost 4lbs sense the fill 2 days ago. I had 3 ml in my band and they added 1.5 which brought it to 4.5 in a 10ml band.:biggrin2::biggrin2:

I am so thank ful for this thread and this site. I just got my first fill last week. I was so depressed becaused I did not feel the restriction I had hoped for. They put in 2.6cc's. I was begging for more. I am a self payer and had my surgery in Mexico. It cost a lot of money for me to go back just for a fill. I wanted to go back for my first fill at least. Now that I have spent the last hour reading all of the threads, I feel so much better. I am going to call Fill Center USA to schedule my next fill. I hope I can get a good one so that I can get restricted. Thank you all!!!!!!!

I too had my first fill a couple weeks ago. I notice no change either. She never told me how much I got either. I go back in about 4 weeks. I am just worried to call them and seem like a pain in the butt. But maybe i should. Just maybe move up the apt a little. The only thing I notice with this band is when i eat chicken it clumps up if I eat to fast. All the rest of the food no problems. Which mainly I am working on my head to stop eating and not the band.

I had my first fill about two weeks ago -- 3cc in a 10cc (APS) band -- and also feel no restriction. When drinking Water directly afterward and before I left the office, I could feel the liquid going down, but it became apparent after four days on a modified diet (two days liquid/two days pureed) that there was no restriction. In fact, I spent much of yesterday on the prowl for food, lol!

I wonder how much of a fill remains in the tubing? It must be a decent amount.

I had the same problem as you. I needed 7.5 cc's to feel any restriction at all. I was very frustrated, because my doctor is extremely conservative with her fills. I started with 1.5 cc's for my first, second and third fills. When I went in for the fourth one, I was about to have a nervous breakdown because I could still eat almost as much as pre-surgery. I begged and he gave me 2 ccs. It wasn't until my 5th fill, 7.5 ccs that I understood what that elusive restriction felt like - I was starting to think I was the first lap band patient who would never reach restriction! I feel your pain! I understand how difficult this is, believe me. But in the long run there are a lot of really good reasons for slowly reaching restriction. It gives you time to adjust to each new level of fill. Instead of waking up one morning totally restricted you have time to practice! Once I hit my sweet spot I really started losing weight nicely and I really feel that at the end of two years it isn't going to matter if I lost the weight in 8 months or 16, I am going to reach my goal! So try to be patient! I know it's hard! And, in case you are feeling like I was - you WILL get restriction and you WILL NOT be able to eat as much as your husband, I promise!!!