I think we need our own "First Fill Experience " Thread so we can compare notes on the experience and how we are eating after our first fill.

Good luck to everyone getting their first fill...:party: I'm anxious to hear from the group as the fills progress.

Thanks! I would have to say that it is probably excersize. I've been walking about 2 miles a day. 1 mile at lunch and 1 mile after work. That combined with eating enough calories to keep my metabolism going.

I've been sitting on my butt for about 8 years so... moving is probably the biggest change I've made combined with my new tool. :thumbdown:

Rosie,

Dr. Chua told me to come in next month for a fill so I go in on July 13th for the next one. I'm sure glad I am because I can't believe how hungry I am and while I'm trying to diet, the weight isn't really coming off right now.

Odd.... I wonder why he told me 3 - 4 months. I guess if I start getting too hungry I'll call him. It may be because I can't drink the Protein shakes. I told him that I've been eating my Protein, since I'm allergic to the whey Protein. One of my friends that had surgery a week after me has her first fill tomorrow with him, I'll ask her what he is having her do.

David,

Did you have an xray first or you did it without the xray.

I'm due for my first fill on 6/26. He's only putting in 1-2CC's. I have a 10CC band- I'm almost positive. And the way his assistant explained it ever so gently, you'll be eating real food by then, and then we're gonna throw a monkey wrench in your program:glare:. Good luck everyone!

OMG exactly!!!! I hate that, I'll be exactly 5 weeks out, just getting used to soft foods/normal foods and they do a fill. I mean fair enough hardly anyone has restriction after the first fill but come one!!! Lol

I get my first fill 6/15, I cant wait, im nervous though. I just want to really start loosing weight, right now I have no restriction.

mksw,

You was banded May 18th 2009. I was too but can't get a refill until the 2nd of July. Right now I have no restriction and hungry. I did lose 13 lbs the first week and now I've gain 5 of them back and it sucks.

dispatch

I have no restriction either, hopefully this fill will help but I realize it takes a couple for it to work.

all i had my first fill yesterday,, liquid going down fine, mushies going down fine,,but i feel like I cant take a deep breath. I can take one, but the feeling is there.. is this normal

I had my first fill yesterday, and boy was I surprised! I thought all along I had no restriction. HA! The surgeon measured, and I had 5 cc's in me the whole time!! :eek: And I've been so hungry this whole time!! Anyhow, he only put in 1 cc, and said he will only put in 1 or 1.5 cc each time. :drool: I'm sitting here one day later, and I'm already hungry 2 1/2 hours after having a 12 oz. Protein shake. Oh, and I have to wait another 6 weeks before I go for my second fill. Boo.

But, on the bright side, the needle stick was very simple! :tt2:

I get my first fill on June 23rd. My Dr. is very aggressive, I guess??? The PA told me that she will start with about 5cc and fill .5 every 2 weeks. She also told me that I have a 10cc standard band. I can't wait because I am sooo hungry. I am trying to keep my calories between 1000-1200 and excersice 45 min. per day.

Hi everyone,

I have my first fill scheduled for July 20th thats almost 2 months after I was banded. Isn't this too long? Im not loosing much and i'm hungry all the time. I'm kinda disappointed that they are making me wait so long. Any suggestions?

thanks

I won't be banded until July 20th either. I don't have any restriction, but I'm not usually hungry either except right before meal times. I do get hungry around 3:30 every day, but have a Protein shake, EAS Myoplex Lite, chocolate and that keeps me going until dinner. I'm able to eat fish now, so I am really taking advantage of that.

After dinner, I get hungry about an hour or so later, so I have sugar free, 1% fat chocolate pudding with fat free whipped cream and that holds me for the rest of the day. Also, with all of the Water we have to drink, I don't have time to eat anything else. GB

I had my first fill yesterday, and boy was I surprised! I thought all along I had no restriction. HA! The surgeon measured, and I had 5 cc's in me the whole time!! :hurray: And I've been so hungry this whole time!! Anyhow, he only put in 1 cc, and said he will only put in 1 or 1.5 cc each time. I'm sitting here one day later, and I'm already hungry 2 1/2 hours after having a 12 oz. Protein shake. :thumbup: Oh, and I have to wait another 6 weeks before I go for my second fill. Boo. :thumbup:

But, on the bright side, the needle stick was very simple! :thumbup:

I'm reporting back after 3 days. I must say, just getting 1 cc has actually made a difference!, much to my surprise! I do feel more restriction and cannot eat as much. And I suddenly dropped 4 lbs. :party: I think that was just a freaky Water weight coincidence, but hey, I'll take it however I can get it! :hurray: So, don't worry if the doctor only puts in a small amount. It really does make a difference. :thumbup:

I got my first fill today! 3.5 cc's total. He tried 4.5 and it was way too much, so he backed it down to 4 and it was still too much. 3.5 was perfect. He did it via x-ray, so I got to see the liquid as it got "stuck" and then when he took it down to 3.5 I saw it flow through the band. It was pretty cool, actually.

I was pretty nervous, but now I know not to be! The feeling when it got "stuck" was terrible, I was shocked at that.

My surgeon is letting me decide when to get the next one, but it will be no sooner than 3 to 4 weeks out. He also said it would take about 2 weeks to tell if I have restriction. So far I don't feel any different, but I'm on liquids until lunch time tomorrow.

Yay, I feel so much like a grown up bander now!!! :bored:

My first fill is scheduled for July 8th.

I have been pretty hungry, but I know I'm eating a lot less than before. I'm tracking my food on Fitday.com and so I know, for example, that my intake today was about 1100 calories. And I'm still working out - aerobic (I haven't yet started with core-body exercise yet since surgery 3 weeks ago).

It's comforting to know that I'm not the only one dealing with being hungry. I haven't lost anything since surgery either. I was probably taking in 500-700 calories on the liquid phase and now it's up higher.

My theory is that my body QUICKLY dropped a bunch of weight on pre-op and then it was accosted with surgery and now it's sort of saying "Hold on!" and trying to get its bearings before the scale will start moving again.