I am so scheduled for 1st fill 02/17/09 and I am counting the days. I pray the fill works for a few weeks. My dr usually add 2cc's. I am eating very healthy, counting calories and working out at the gym four days a week however I am also starving with how much food I am told I should be eating. I can not survive with such small portions. I am making it on pure will power. I eat and don't really get full. I eat until I'm not physically hungry but then I am hungry about 2 to 3 hours later. My husband was banded a week after me and is going through some hunger as well. At times I am so fustrated because I feel as if I'm just on a diet. I know I have to be patient and just continue to work through this phase until I have reached the right restriction.

What was your experience prior to your fills after surgery?

I was hungry too. My doctor is a little different though, he did not expect weight loss until after I got a couple fills, he said some of his patients actually gain weight during that time. I was able to have something to eat whenever I felt hungry. I ate my three small meals per day and if my stomach growled between meals I would have a little Protein and even with the extra eating I still lost a little during that time.

Your first fill should help a little but it may take more than one to really start getting results. Hang in there, itt will get better soon!