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I've been reading through the boards now for a few days and I'm curious...and concerned. Some people have been saying they didn't receive their first fill until 3-5 months after surgery...and that they are expected to eat incredibly small amounts as if they were filled.

Why so long? If I remember correctly, the doc in my seminar said they do not fill during surgery but will most likely do the first fill within 3 weeks of the surgery (after swelling has gone down) and then check on a weekly basis to add or remove fill based on what happened that previous week.

Why are others having to wait so long for that first fill?

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Every doctor is different, that and some people have surgery outside of the country they live in, making it harder to obtain fills.

My doctor had all of my fill appointments scheduled when they scheduled my surgery. They were amazingly organized all of my nut appointment and my pt appointments were on the same day an with in just minutes of finishing one I head to the next...I LOVE IT!

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I just got my 2nd fill today. I had the first at 4 weeks, this one was 2 weeks later and the next one will be in a month. I lost 9.5 lbs between the first fill and today. My doctor told me, as i'm sitting in the office, that we wouldn't have to do a fill today. We could wait a month. Whatever, I said "i'm here let's do it!" so he has me drink Water while he's filling it and he says "normally i can't get a full cc in on a 2nd fill but then normally my patients don't loose 9.5lbs in two weeks" and low and behold he got in just over a cc. I think i'm sitting at just over 5 cc now. i'll make my appointment tomorrow for my november fill!

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I've had two appointments to have fills already and another one scheduled for Monday but I haven't had a fill yet and I'm not going to get one Monday. I have been losing fast and getting full from a cup of food so my surgeon doesn't see the need for it right now. Everyone is different I guess I am one of the rare people that doesn't need a fill right away.

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Thanks for the responses. I wondered what people did for follow-up when they had the surgery in another country.

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