after the fill

[tellie 0]

Hi guys, me again asking for your valued opinions.

Got my fill ( still am quite embarrassed for my panicked post before that) and the weirdest thing happened! Up to the day of the fill, i was having trouble eating fast, would get full quite easily, couldn't gulp, and was getting dinner and Breakfast stuck most days ( not proud here, just honest - have trouble with chewing and eating slowly). After my first fill, i had to go on liquids for 24 hours. Then started eating, and to my surprise..... 1) nothing gets stuck anymore, 2) I can eat as much as before surgery 3) I can eat things I wasnt able to eat before without sipping Water ( like bread), freely.

:confused:

i keep trying to find a logical explanation, and being really good at making up excuses for everything all i could come up with is that maybe the band was making my stomach opening sit in some way that was blocking something or other ( see how solid my hypothesis is?) and the fill moved it and unblocked the path into my bottomless pit?

Having read stories of how it can take days to "kick-in", I waited patiently but today is day 7 and im still quite capable of eating more than I am allowing myself ( which is quite anyway).

any ideas? I am seeing my doc in 3 weeks for my next fill anyway so I am not too stressed.... just contemplating maybe getting a bigger fill next time.

Thank you

Tellie

[Graceful One 4]

Tellie,

So glad to hear that your panicking was for nothing! Now your screaming give me another fill!

I experienced a quasi-same fill experience.

My first fill was 2.0cc's...my second brought me up to 2.5cc's and up until two days ago I felt that I was able to eat more than with my first fill...here's my hypothesis: If it is -20 degrees outside then my band will shrink and be looser than in December...

It can be aggravating trying to figure it out...but hey...I look at it like this...days I can eat a little more cool...days I can't eat enough because I'm tight...cool...I figure it will pretty much balance out in the long run...

Ahhh...all this wisdom coming from me on my 3 MONTH BANDIVERSARY!

[donali 57]

Hi Tellie -

Your theory may not be that far off. My third fill was similar to your experience - a few days before my third fill I starting to have some pains in my back where I imagined the band to be, a pinching like feeling. I couldn't really imagine how much worse it would be going even tighter, but decided not to cancel the fill.

I can't tell you the relief I felt as soon as all the saline was drained out - it was like suddenly being able to breathe again, not realizing I hadn't been breathing before.

Third fill was given, and I felt much more comfortable than at the end of my second fill, but definitely tighter.

My fills don't usually kick in for about 4 weeks. I have only heard a few others comment that they seem to be on that same delayed schedule. As far as why they take time to kick in at all, perhaps the sudden release of pressure relaxes the stomach, and it takes a few days for it to react again to the renewed pressure. (I love making up my own theories - lol)

As far as whether you need a tweak now, or not... You really have to use your best judgment. If you're not losing and not having any problems with this fill, you may want to get readjusted. Just promise yourself that if you end up too tight you'll take the time and expense to have some fill removed.

Good luck!

[tellie 0]

Hi guys, thank you for the replies....

I hadn't really considered the weather as a factor, but since I'm in the middle of the australian summer, I can't blame it anyway.

Donali, apparently it's pretty standard here to have .5 ml fills every month until it hits the ideal spot for the patient, thats why I'm seeing the doc in 3 weeks. I am just worried that I will only start feeling restriction then, when I am getting the next fill. And I have considered asking him to give me 1 cc rather than just .5ml.

I don't know what to do! Ireally wanted to lose more weight before I tell my doc I am going overseas -he will want to unfill me and I dont want to stop this process even for 4 weeks ( ok, eventhough I am eating as much as before right now, it might still kick in) and hey, losing a few more kilos will make that plane seat that much less unconfy :confused: BTW!! would the changes in pressure do anything to the band???? like when you travel with bottled Water and the bottle gets depressurized.

Jennye, this is my 3rd month too! had it done on the 1st nov.

take care

tellie