I went in yesterday for my first fill. I was surprised to hear he had put in 4.5cc at surgery time! I've been feeling full on much less food but I haven't had any trouble with any type of food except one bite of chicken that was stuck very briefly. Seems like I should have felt more restriction with that much already in there. She put in another 1cc (10cc band) so after I finish the two days of liquids we'll see if it makes any difference or not, I really need this to kick in, I'm getting very frustrated with my slow weight loss.

It was much more of an ordeal than I expected, she said I already have a lot of scar tissue built up around the port so she had some trouble hitting it, I was very glad I was numbed up cause she was really poking around and I felt a lot of pressure. I was a little sore after the lidocaine wore off, but not too bad.

Had my second fill today, she bumped me up to 6.2cc and it was so much easier this time. She didn't need the long needle this time, I'm telling myself it's cause there's less fat there, but it's probably cause the swelling is gone. From the time she cleaned the spot til the time it was done was about 2 minutes! I asked about the tubing, she said the tubing on my band (APS) only holds about .5cc at the most which surprised me, that means I had 4cc in the band for that first month when I felt no restriction at all.

I saw the doctor also (the PA does my fills) and he's concerned that this odd fluid pocket where they tunneled the tubing through the muscle is still there and still causing a pressure feeling sometimes. Coupled with the shoulder pain I'm getting from time to time he's concerned now that it could be a hernia, I'm going for a CT scan tomorrow. Fingers crossed and lots of prayers going up that it's not!