What do you think...

[london22 0]

Hi All,

So just a little background I had my surgery on 5/5/11 and my first fill on 6/1/11 of 3 c.c.

The weight I lost so far is due greatly to the liquid post-op diet and mushie food stage, of course, and now I am eating about 3/4- 1 cup of food per meal, and loosing nothing. I am working out every other day I jog 3 miles on the treadmill, and lift free weights, and drink any where from 64-80 oz of Water a day.

The problem is I have to stop myself once the "measured" food is gone, because I don't feel full, I have read similar post on this site of not getting real restriction until they have received multiple fills, which i don't mind waiting for, but my question is how soon is too soon to get another fill?

So I called my Dr.'s office to see what they thought and they told me I should come in on Monday to receive another fill, because i haven't lost any weight since my 1st fill, and I should be feeling full.

What do you all think...

Thanks in advance for any advice!!

[Cindy C 150]

If your doctor said to come for a fill then by all means go! It's not too soon. I'm going to assume that you have either a 10 or 14cc band. 3 most likely isn't going to make a difference. If its a 10 I would have him put in 2 more.

[Rachel412 116]

Definitely go! My doctor will let me get fills every 2 weeks, except for the 2nd fill- that one they do a week after your first fill if you want it.

[Melissannde 41]

My surgeon will not give fills any closer than 4 weeks apart. This is because in his experience a fill can take up to 2 weeks to "kick in". This has been true for me, the fill I got in either November or December took 10 days to for me to notice a difference. This last one (on May 26) I noticed right away. But I have now around 5.5 or 6.5 cc's in my 10cc band.. when I had only 3cc's, the changes in tightness created by fills were much more subtle.

Every doctor is different as is every bandster. For me, going from 3cc's to 5cc's would be too much of a change. I went from 3cc's to 4cc's and it was enough to dim my appetite without me struggling with eating too fast or taking too big of bites and having difficulty. I firmly believe in taking fills up very slowly to allow for new behaviors to become habits.

Of course, YMMV. Hope this next fill does the trick for you.

[london22 0]

Thank you guys for giving me your view on things!!

I was a little nervous about fill number 2, but I went in this morning to see my Doctor, and he agreed I needed the 2nd fill and gave me 2 more cc's. So now I have 5cc's in a 10cc band. I'm on liquids today, mushies tomorrow, and back to regular food on Wednesday. The liquids are going down just fine and are keeping me full, so I'm super excited that this was a good decision