My first fill is Tuesday. I have been looking forward to the day and hope I notice a change. What feels different after a fill? Do you still have to work at not feeling hungry?

I had my first fill yesterday. I have to be honest with you .... the process was so simple and painless! Although, the after - all through the rest of the day and night I was pathetic! I hurt (not like surgery hurt) with heartburn and pressure. I was up until 3 a.m. I called my Doc on Sunday at noon and she felt like it was normal swelling because things are going down. You just have to move a lot slower, use a lot of caution and stay on liquids. She suggested 72 hours of liquids, but right now I am doing good with very thin creme of wheat!! So I will be fine, it is all a new feeling than I had before. Good luck to you and I hope it goes very well for you.

I had my first fill on 5/21. You will notice that u get full faster and u stay full longer. Also alot of the foods u could eat prior to the fill will bother u after. Just remember after your fill...SMALL BITES and CHEW CHEW CHEW. If u dont u will get pain when it gets stuck going down.

Big difference? For me... no. First fill did pretty much nothing. Just had second fill today. He put in quite a bit so Im betting I will really feel it this time. I dont believe the question really has a 'correct' answer. How it effects YOU really depends on many factors such as size of the band, how much gets put in, how much was in it from surgery, size of your anatomy etc etc. The actual fill was simple and pretty much painless.... but also, your mileage may vary.

I had a fill on May 22nd and it was fine, until late that evening I started having problems swallowing and really bad heartburn. I called the doc's office to make sure everything was okay and they made me come in and have some taken out. Now, I have no restriction. Go figure, I'm sure it just takes time and everyone is different. I have not lost any weight since the fill. But I will not get discouraged.

I had a fill on May 22nd and it was fine, until late that evening I started having problems swallowing and really bad heartburn. I called the doc's office to make sure everything was okay and they made me come in and have some taken out. Now, I have no restriction. Go figure, I'm sure it just takes time and everyone is different. I have not lost any weight since the fill. But I will not get discouraged.

How much did they put in during the fill? and... how much did they take out?