what a breeze...i am so glad it is over and i now know what to expect...i got 2cc... i just hope i get some restriction because i was wide open before the fill...i watched the barium just go right through...well i guess we will know soon enough!

grl, keep us posted! Glad it went smoothly and I hope you get the restriction you need.

Do you have the 9.75 Inamed band that holds 4 cc's or is your band the larger band? I ask because 2 cc's is alot for the first fill, please be careful the first time you east solids and chew chew chew , take tiny bites. I hope it works good for you

i finally found out today that i have a 10 band which holds 4 cc but she said it can actually hold 5.. not really sure what that means... i would think if it hold 4 than it hold 4...has anyone else been told this?? at first she said she was going to put in 1.5 than after the barium she decided to put in 2.. i could see the band was huge around my stomach...i had some soup for dinner and i am still hungry... not a good sign... i just hope when i eat some solids i feel fuller!!! i will keep you posted

Who makes the larger band? How do you know if that is the one you have?

Eliza

the larger band is also by inamed but it is called the vanguard... it can hold 11 cc... i guess you would have to ask your doctor which band you have... that is what i did

I just had my first fill today too! Thank God it wasn't anything like I expected!!!! PHEW! Dr Kwon was very gentle! Good thing, I had a bad day and I could have went from zero to sixty in two seconds! My band can hold 4cc's I got 1.5 today. He sucked out what ever was in there....he said he orgnly gave me 1.5 during the surgery, so I started out with restriction....but the air bubbles settled and it ended up only being 1.0cc's.....Soo he added .5.....I am now on liquids for a couple of days, then mushies, then whole foods. He said I can start on solids after the liquid/mushie stage...I have been dying for a salad! What a stupid thing to crave!

Okay..gonna go!

TTYL