Hello, so i went on Monday and got my 1st fill. I have the large Vanguard band. It was empty before the fill. He did the adjustment with flouro and we watched it on the screen. He emptied it first, although it was already empty. He then filled it with 5 cc's and made me drink yucky stuff. It went down very quicly. So he added 2 more cc's bringing me to 7 cc's for my 1st fill. He made me drink more to be 100% sure and then sent me on my way. So that leaves me with one heck of a fill!!! My question is, when will i know if it is too tight? Would I know by now? I can drink and eat some soft stuff but this morning my chest is feeling VERY tight! Is that ok? I need some advice. And I am leaving to go away tomorrow for a long weekend. So i wanna be sure I am not too tight!

Robyn, yes, the very tight in the chest is restriction. The good part about the flouro is you KNOW fluids can pass at a good rate. The only variable may be that you end up with some swelling (I tend to do this a bit too easily) and the swelling makes things even tighter than they were under the flouro. Take it easy. Eat slowly. Even more slowly than you think! And for goodness sakes chew well. If you manage to get stuck and PB, your swelling issues will take you round and round and an unfill is your only option (just did this). Did the doc say how long to do liquids after your fill? Most here recommend 24 hours, but it appears you need to check things out before you go out of town...wise. You should know when you try to eat something well chewed. Let us know how lunch goes.

You may have to put up with a good tight fill on your weekend away. I guess it's up to you, do you want a stress free weekend with no fill concerns? Would you rather tolerate your fill for a while until it loosens a little with weight loss? I'd say keep the fill, but lets be sure it's not too tight. It's a fine line between well-resticted and just too darn tight. For me, a .4cc unfill made a huge difference.