I just had a fill as my restriction seems to have gone down significantly lately.

When my surgeon found my port and drew out the saline, it was red (bloody). He did not say anything but he did replace the fill with new saline.

Is this normal?? If not what could it mean?

I had that exact same thing happen with my last (my second) fill, when they drew out bloody saline, and put fresh in. Just like you, they didn't say anything about it.

Since then, (about 4 weeks ago) I have not noticed much restriction in that, while I definitely have to eat slowly and watch how large a bite I take, I can eat a very large amount for a band (a double meat burger with all the veggies will fill me up, but I certainly should but eat that much).

I am going in for my third fill tomorrow. I will be asking questions about the bloody saline then (hopefully this one will be clear).

I will let you know.

Please do! I will be looking forward to your response.

Well, I had my third fill today.

No blood this time in the saline, and they did add one more CC (I think that makes me 6,1 now).

I asked about it, and they said it happens, and is not usually a problem, though they will monitor it on the next fill to make sure.

In my case, no problem...

BTW... this fill already seems to have more restriction - even though I have only had my slimfast shake and some coffee, I am feeling a big difference. Maybe this is the fill that will hit the spot.

I wonder if it means that they didn't get the port. Happened to me several fills ago only to find out later and I had much less in my band then I thought I did. At any rate I'm at 5.25CC now and at times it seems too tight.

I just got back from my 2nd fill and had some bloody saline as well. They told me that I had a small hematoma. Nothing to worry about at all. They just replaced the saline.

Thanks for your replies. I don't feel much restriction yet (and I am filled up!!!) but sometimes my restriction takes a few days to kick in. I will wait it out and see.