Tomorrow I get my first fill. I am so ready. The past two days I have been soooo hungry and have found myself falling back into old bad habits. I am hoping the fill will make the difference and get me back on track. I am not sure how much of a fill I will get the first time, but I am hoping it will give me some restriction.:blushing:

I bet you loved hearing the word solids! Chew Chew Chew...remember digestion starts on the plate...cut everything up the size of a pencil eraser tip....you won't most likely have a problem it is just good training!

Just had my 1st fill, 2cc in 10cc band. I'm satisified with 4oz each meal with no snacking. I go again in 6more wks.

Hi everyone!

I just had my first fill today. Things went well. I was a little nervous. I thought it would hurt more than it did. The dr. numbed it first and then I didn't hardly feel anything. I only felt a little bit of pressure. I got 3.2 cc's in a 10cc band. The only thing I didn't know was that after a fill, the dr. makes you go on a clear liquid diet for the day after the fill, then mushies the following day and then solids. So at least I will be able to have grilled chicken on the fourth!!! YEAH!!! Thank goodness for little favors!!! LOL =)

Supposedly the day after the fill you feel fuller and more restricted, so I will keep you posted on how that goes.

I go in the morning...we shall see????

Fill'er-up! I received 3.5cc's in my 10cc band. I had to do 48 hours of liquids. Not bad, but I've only been on soft foods for a week - after 28 days post-op liquids :thumbup:! Last week I could only eat 4oz's 3 times a day. I can't imagine eating less than that! :thumbup:

SeattleLight, you are to doing wonderful! We were banded the same day.

I got my first fill today...YEA!!! 4cc's in my 9cc band!!! I hope I tolerate that and I get some restriction!!! It was not painful at all, by the way! Shelley

SeattleLight, you are to doing wonderful! We were banded the same day.

Thanks globally yours! Only 15 of those pounds have been post-op. The scale isn't moving as fast as I'd like, but I am dropping in sizes. :Banane30:

Wow Shelley - 4cc's in a 9cc band? You might have hit your sweet spot!

I'm getting my first fill on the 14th. I'm so nervous! I haven't been having a lot of restriction with no fill, so last night I went to Hooters with a bunch of my friends and ate way too much food. I felt fine, but late that night I kept burping some of it up... ewww.... But I'm just so hungry all the time!

Oh yeah and by the way, by too much food I mean like 2 handfulls of curly fries and 2 bites of a chicken quesidilla.... so I guess thats not too bad... although I haven't been able to totally stop drinking with meals... hmmmm

I just got my first fill yesterday-1cc in a 4cc band. I am on full liquids for the next 24 hours. So far I don't feel any different. I had a rough period last week making poor choices & eating too much. I gained 4lbs. I am determined to turn it around. Hopefully the band fill will help.

I got my first fill on the 1st and I don't feel like I have that much more restriction. I think I am going to call my dr. on Monday and see if I can get a little bit more added. Plus I am still getting hungry at night. I definitely didn't eat as much as I would have, but I feel like I should be feeling a more restriction than I am.

HI Everyone!

I was out of town after my fill. I was on Clear Liquids for 3 days...UGH!!!! I had souch a headache but I'm sure it helped me go down a few pounds.

As for restriction...not exactly yet because everything seems to go down fine but my hunger has definitely been tamed!

So, now just have to work at the portion control!

Hope you all are great! Shelley

I am so scared. I am 4 weeks post op and 2 weeks ago I saw the Dr. for my first visit. I told him how I was on puree but was able to eat alot more than a cup and was scared. He said the swelling is going down around the port and because I lost 35 lbs the fat being gone it is loosening my stomach. Well he said to go on solids so I did and I have fallen back into my old habits of sugar, carbs, and uncontrolled hunger. I was not hungry at all and had no cravings for the first two weeks.

I am seeing him tommorow for my first fill. He is letting me get it 2 weeks early because I had progressed. BUT I am so nervous because I have been reading about eating too much and having your stomach digesting can cause the band to eventually slip because the band is stitched to your stomach and needs to heal. I did not realize it was stitched to the stomach. I hope to God nothing is wrong and I didn't ruin for myself. I am very discouraged also and feel like crap because I have been eating like crap.

Anyone have any comments/suggestions

Kim:sad_smile:

CALM DOWN!!!

I READ ALL THAT STUFF TOO AND THEN WHEN MY DOC TOLD ME I COULD EAT AFTER THE FOURTH...YES 4TH DAY OF SURGERY...OBVIOUSLY I STARTED WITH SOFT FOODS LIKE REFRIED Beans ETC..BUT ABOUT A WEEK AFTER SURGERY I HAD SHRIMP, SEAMED BROCCOLI ETC...

I WAS SO CONFUSED THAT I CALLED THEM ABOUT THE 5TH DAY OF SURGERY AND SAID I MUST HAVE MISSED A PAPER ABOUT MY "STAGES" OF food....THEY SAID THERE IS NOT A STAGE JUST BE SURE TO CHEW CHEW CHEW ETC... I WAS NOT ALLOWED CORN, RAW VEGGIES, STARCHES LIKE BREAD AND POTATOES ETC....

WE HAD A POST OP CLASS ONE WEEK AFTER SURGERY SO I ASKED THE NUTRITIONIST AGAIN...SEE AFTER READING THE BOARDS I WAS SO CONFUSED AND THEY SAID I WAS DOING IT EXACTLY RIGHT!

THEY SAID THE REASON WE WAITED ON THE STARCHES AND SUGARS ETC WAS TO RID OURSELVES OF THE CARB CRAVINGS THAT FIRST MONTH WHEN MOTIVATION IS HIGH AND COMING OFF OF 4 liquid DAYS ETC...

SO, I THINK YOU ARE SCARING YOURSELF...BUT...YOU DO NEED TO START TRYING TO MAKE HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES...THAT IS WHAT WILL SET THE "TONE" FOR HOW YOU EAT WITH THE BAND...WE ALL HAVE BAD HABITS TO BREAK BUT THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE RIGHT?

OK..so here is my disclaimer...I am not a health professional and some of your docs have given you different directions which you should follow BUT my doc is a center for excellence...blah blah blah...very respected here in AZ...people come from all over to go to her and her Bariatric program so I trust them!

That was my 2 cents worth!