Were you always hungry before your first fill?

[momnear40 1]

was banded 03/15 and am eating small bits of chicken now and mushies. The problem is for the first 3 weeks I wasn't hungry and now my hunger is really picking up and out of the weight I have lost, I have gained two pounds back no matter that I am still eating very little. This sucks. Does it get better with the first fill? I miss that full feeling where I wasn't ever hungry. Any March bandsters have a first fill yet? Does it help. I am dying for a fill and wish I didn't have to wait the full six weeks.

[HeatherinCA 10]

I actually wasn't that hungry.. but my fill KILLED my hunger, after it set in for a few weeks, I just lost my appetite (I got 5.5ccs for my fill), I'm almost never hungry anymore. If you get a really tiny fill, that may not happen, it may take a few before you get that feeling.

Gaining weight or not losing at this point is normal, the first 6 weeks is about healing it'll even out

[B-52 7,113]

Until my first fill, which was 4 weeks post-op, it was as though I did not have the surgery at all. Only time I felt any difference was the first week after surgery, and that was probably inflammation of the band site giving some restriction.

I just had my 2nd fill 2 days ago, and I am now feeling the band doing it's job. 4cc's first fill, 2cc's 2nd fill. I see my Dr. every 4 weeks.

But that first 4 weeks..........Only reason I lost weight was due to the post-op diet regime. And was always hungry.