First fill questions?

[Loving everyday 0]

Hello All,

I am so nervous about getting my first fill. Was it painful? How long did it take? My appointment is around noon, should I not eat or drink anything before I go to my appoinment? Should I not put anything in my tummy that morning?

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Call and ask your surgeon if there are food restrictions for pre-filling....they all have their own spin on it

As to the fill...I'm really big, and my doc doesn't use x-ray, and it was a snap. To be honest, my doc is a miracle worker; he has a great "touch"....but miserable painful fills are the exception, not the rule. I was so anxious to get going!

[HollyHolly13 0]

I got really nervous before my first fill last Wednesday. Then when I got in there it was over and done with in 5 minutes!

My surgeon has patients come in after no eating and drinking for 2 hours prior to the fill. I walked in and sat down. He came in to ask me how many CCs I wanted, 2 or 3. I opted for 3 because he fitted me with the larger sized band during surgery. I laid down on the table, he felt for the port and stuck the needle in. After about 3 seconds he found where it needed to be and boom the fill was over.

I sat up and was asked to drink a few sips of Water to let them know if it felt like it was coming back up at all.

I do, however feel as though I will need another fill very soon. While I do have restriction, I'm already hungry between meals again. My surgeon told me I may be in for about a half dozen adjustments during my first year after surgery because of having the larger size band.

Good luck to you!

[Teacher07 3]

My first fill was a little tricky. The doc had a little problem finding my port at first but once she did it was fine. There was a slight pinch on my stomach but other than that it was fine. The whole process took approximately 20 minutes and atleast 15 of that was just chit chat about what I was eating and how much I was exercising. I am always put on liquids for two days following a fill but nothing before.

[NYGuy 0]

Hello All,

I am so nervous about getting my first fill. Was it painful? How long did it take? My appointment is around noon, should I not eat or drink anything before I go to my appoinment? Should I not put anything in my tummy that morning?

I'm a bit unusual because my port is very close to the surface. That makes it idiot simple to find. I too was a bit nervous before my first fill but it was NOTHING. They bring out this big honking gigantic needle and you kind of think fainting is a pretty good option, but I barely felt it for a nanosecond when it went in. I can't even call it a pinch. Then the NP had me sit up and hold the needle still stuck in my port with one hand and drink a cup of Water with the other. She then decided to squirt in another cc and have me drink again. Then she pulled it out. Five minutes max.

My practice doesn't require an empty stomach but it stands to reason that you want to put some extra squeeze on your stoma when the chamber is not blown up with food from the inside. My gang do do want patients make your first meal after a fill liquid and mushies for the rest of the day. That makes sense to me too, but on here I have noticed every practice approaches things a little differently. I suspect that just as every patient is different, that there are a bunch of different paths to significant weight loss.

I'm at 4cc's in a Realize band and though I felt some restriction the first week or so, I don't anymore. I can still eat big bites of food and not be careful about chewing and have never had a "productive burp". I'm going in for a top up Thursday and then off to vacation for a couple weeks the next day.

That's my experience thus far, for what it's worth.