BandedBeauty66

Personally I feel that is putting your "brain" in the wrong mode of thinking for your life success of losing weight. "I can go unfill so I can eat at a buffet" after a 40k surgery, in my case, I would absolutely not even consider it. And again my personal note is that if a doctor's PA even suggests this it's wrong. I dunno but the entire reasoning behind this is absolutely nuts. We spend months working on reconditioning our minds to rethink and restructure our brains to be healthier individuals. Just my two cents. Awesome on the weight loss!

My surgeon suggest liquids only after midnight before my fill in the morning. You don't want food in there because they have to see or know if fluid is passing ok and food may obstruct that. Might give you a false feeling of being over filled.

Good question I would like to know that too.

I had my second fill today which was only .5cc so i have just under 3cc in a 10cc AB standard band. Just a little while after my fill today I got a scratchy feeling in my throat and I still have it. I didn't have this after my first fill. Anyone have an idea of what it is?

My doctor said to give it some time for the swelling to go down and some of that time she's on vacation. I really don't want the other doctor to touch me again! lol it was pretty horrible. I've been losing weight with nothing in my band and have been doing all that was expected from the dietitian. I don't really mind waiting 3 weeks. Especially after 4 pokes and digging episode. Apparently this is rare that they would have to do this much poking around so I'm the lucky one :frown: lol Just happy to have Water able to go down. You guys have been awesome with your kind words. Great support here thank you so much.:frown:

Hi coco...yes i feel tons better and Water is going right through but I'm completely empty again. I was told a little over 2cc's was put in for the first fill on Wednesday but in actuality it was a little over 4 for my first fill. I think that was a mistake actually :frown: I do feel tons better like so relieved! I'm going back in three weeks to have some put back in and I'm going to tell her hey let's sneak up on that sweet spot...lol I've heard of this happening but never imagined it would happen to me I guess. Thanks for the support :frown:

yes my fill on Wednesday was a breeze under fluoroscope and wasn't even bad at all. It was the fluid coming back out this time....cried all the way home. I hope to never go through that again. It's so nice to have support here let me tell you.

Well I ended up back over at the doctors office and a doctor other than my own took out the Fluid from my band and so no i'm empty :frown: This doctor had to DIG for my port and poke me four times before he finally got it. I felt so sick after and never imagined what a horrible feeling that would be. I could hear the needle hitting my port or some popping noise. He said he's never had this problem but when I had the fill put in my doctor found it right away. I have to wait 3 weeks to get my fill back and they will not do as much. Anyone had this digging around for the port? HORRIBLE:sad:

Do you have an AP Standard / 10cc band Mariposa? Just curious.

I"m doing clear liquids now yeah...but it seems hard to go down. It really sucks lol.....i haven't had real food since tuesday. sigh.

I had my first fill on Wednesday this week. Yesterday when I was taking my morning med it got stuck and bad. Four hours of pain before i think it went down and I've been miserable since. I can hardly get down Water. I hear girggling and feels like things are backing up. I'm sure I irritated the area but was a little over 2cc too much for a first fill on a 10cc band? I was going to call this morning but I am pretty sure they will say just stick to clear liquid till the swelling goes down. Anyway, was wondering if any of you had this after and how long did it take to get used to that first fill.

I had my first fill on Wednesday this week. Yesterday when I was taking my morning med it got stuck and bad. Four hours of pain before i think it went down and I've been miserable since. I can hardly get down Water. I hear girggling and feels like things are backing up. I'm sure I irritated the area but was a little over 2cc too much for a first fill on a 10cc band? I was going to call this morning but I am pretty sure they will say just stick to clear liquid till the swelling goes down. Anyway, was wondering if any of you had this after and how long did it take to get used to that first fill. :blushing:

It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be....whew. I have an AP Standard 6cc band and she filled it a little over 2cc's. Not happy about Clear liquids today lol. My doctor gave me a cream that's called Lidoc/Priloc 2.5%Cre Sandoz which is generic for Emla Cream. Anyway it numbs the surface of the skin so my needle prick really didn't hurt. YAY I was under fluoroscope and I was sat up so I could see my band on the screen. She had me drink a clear icky tasting barium so she could watch it go through the band and adjusted it till the liquid went through to a point with some restriction but not refluxing. It was over in about five minutes which made me so happy. I just wanted to share with those who are maybe anticipating their first fill like I was. The numbing topical cream is a dream so you may want to ask your doctor if that's available. *does a happy dance. :sad: