Question About A Fill

[litl1997 14]

I havent had a fill yet, i get one june 6th. I have been losing weight actually 4 pounds this week. It is taking will power and eating 1200 calories a day. Will the dr still give you a fill if you are starting to get hunger between meals but still losing.

[2muchfun 8,927]

All Docs are different. Probably yes. If you are losing weight and it's because you feel full or are easily satisfied with 1-1/2 cup of food the doctor may not give you a fill since you are already feeling restriction or satiety. But if you are losing weight out of sheer will power, I don't see why the doctor would not give you a fill. Just make sure the Doc knows how you are losing? You should now be at a point where you are in bandster hell and are very hungry all the time? Let the doc know.

tmf

[TKW 501]

I would say yes, make sure you make it clear that it is will power that is getting you by.

[litl1997 14]

I will do that. Sometimes i can go 3-4 hours between a meal but other times it feels that im getting hungry sooner and i need a snack. I think im eating around a cup or cup in a half. If it does give me one it should be a small one, think thats all i neef righg now. Thanks

[Sojourner 2,446]

I havent had a fill yet, i get one june 6th. I have been losing weight actually 4 pounds this week. It is taking will power and eating 1200 calories a day. Will the dr still give you a fill if you are starting to get hunger between meals but still losing.

My surgeon routinely will do a patient's first fill about 6-8 weeks post op, and then every 6 weeks until you arrive at your "green zone".

It has been 3 months since my surgery, and due to medical complications, I have yet to have my first fill. The doctor admitted to me that my weight loss percentage is well above average for his patients, but he also said that I need to loose at a faster rate.

Every doctor approaches their practice a bit differently, but you should have your concerns addressed. I am also scheduled to have my first fill on June 6!

[2muchfun 8,927]

I will do that. Sometimes i can go 3-4 hours between a meal but other times it feels that im getting hungry sooner and i need a snack. I think im eating around a cup or cup in a half. If it does give me one it should be a small one, think thats all i neef righg now. Thanks

You can count yourself as one of the lucky ones because at 3 weeks out I was super hungry and I could eat just as much as I could before surgery. That's why I needed 6 fills to get to this point. And of course, my surgery was 11/28/11 so I was hungry right in the middle of the Holiday season. But, through will power I managed to not gain any of the 12 lbs I had already lost. Sounds like you are right where you need to be.

tmf

[2muchfun 8,927]

My surgeon routinely will do a patient's first fill about 6-8 weeks post op, and then every 6 weeks until you arrive at your "green zone".

It has been 3 months since my surgery, and due to medical complications, I have yet to have my first fill. The doctor admitted to me that my weight loss percentage is well above average for his patients, but he also said that I need to loose at a faster rate.

Every doctor approaches their practice a bit differently, but you should have your concerns addressed. I am also scheduled to have my first fill on June 6!

Sojourner, have you lost all that weight(58) since surgery? Or is some of it part of pre-op? Either way, it's outrageously fine. I'd like some of those complications.

tmf

[Sojourner 2,446]

Sojourner, have you lost all that weight(58) since surgery? Or is some of it part of pre-op? Either way, it's outrageously fine. I'd like some of those complications.

tmf

12 pounds of my total weight loss was from the pre-op diet...

I would not wish anyone to have the complications I have experienced; I have been hospitalized 2 times since my band surgery. They are still running tests to determine if I will need to have another surgery related to my weight loss.

The sad irony to this is that I chose to have the Band surgery because I wanted to improve my health. I have been in the hospital more times in the past 3 months since my surgery than I have my entire adult life!

[litl1997 14]

I have lost 21 pounds since the pre-op diet. I guess im doing good still. I also lost 4 pounds this week. I cant eat a whole lot but im starting to fill hungier. I just dont want to gain back what i lost. I still have my will power

[litl1997 14]

Sorry to hear that sojourner