First Fill And Confused

[LiLEgYAnGeL03 1]

Was banded on 03/22/12. I got my first fill on 05/17/12. I was told to been liquids for 24-48 hours than start foods as tolerated. My problem is I can drink almost anything, but today being the 48 hours later I cannot tolerate ANY food. No matter how soft or mushy it is. Does this mean I'm too tight? Or that I'm swollen? I need any advice please!! I'm crusted and a bit hungry!

[Skyvic 226]

Call your doctor please. If you can do a couple more days with shakes and Soup until you get a hold of doctor...but if you are vomiting or reflux or stuck feeling with pain it means you are filled to tight.

[zinhaa 363]

I agree call dr. It could be either to tight or just being swollen

[Sojourner 2,446]

Was banded on 03/22/12. I got my first fill on 05/17/12. I was told to been liquids for 24-48 hours than start foods as tolerated. My problem is I can drink almost anything, but today being the 48 hours later I cannot tolerate ANY food. No matter how soft or mushy it is. Does this mean I'm too tight? Or that I'm swollen? I need any advice please!! I'm crusted and a bit hungry!

Any time that you feel unable to tolerate foods or liquids when you have been following your surgeon's instructions, you should call your surgeon's office for further instructions.

My surgeon and his staff have been very responsive and helpful to address my questions and advise me on the proper course of action based on my symptoms at the time. There have been 2 times which my concerns have resulted in been hospitalized because of unanticipated complications.

[Cocoabean 430]

What everyone else said. Be sure to keep yourself hydrated. Do thinned out Protein shakes to keep some nutrition going in. If you get to the point that liquids don't go down, call you surgeon's office even though it's a weekend. Tell then you cannot get liquids down and ask for instructions.

Dehydration doesn't take long to set in, and man, do you feel horrible. So, please stay on top of it. I was overfilled once. I could not get yogurt or mashed potatoes down. Put up with it for a week hoping it would get better. I'd had 1cc put in. Had 1/2cc taken out...instant relief. A month later, things had calmed down....I went back and had another 1cc put in.

Don't be miserable, it sucks.

[LiLEgYAnGeL03 1]

Hey everyone, thanks for the responses! I called my doctor office and they advised me to give it a few more days so I did, and have to admit that because it was my first fill my body needed to adjust. I'm doing much better, and so far so good!

[Cocoabean 430]

Thank you for the update! I find I have a huge learning curve after every fill.