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Sitting In Dr Office...waiting For First Fill! Yikes!



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Yesterday was my one month bandiversary and today I'm at doctors office waiting to get my first fill...yikes! A little nervous! Ok, a lot nervous! Lol

Will let u guys know how it goes!

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Congrats on being banded sylvia....nothing to be nervous about. My fill appointment was just this past Monday. I got 3 ccs in my 10 cc band. It was easy. I hope your appointment goes well. Make sure Water goes down ok before you leave the office.

Good Luck on your journey.

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Good luck, it'll be over before you know it :)

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A tip my LPN gave me for fills...

While lying on the table, lift your straight legs up so your tummy get's "hard" and they find the port easier!

Good luck!

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ohhh i am so nervous thinking about fills..... I better get over it soon, LOL

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How did it go, I go for my first fill in a week?

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I got my first fill yesterday and I wasn't able to keep any of my dinner down last night, even though I only took six bites. Today I couldn't eat Breakfast because I felt full (weird) and it took me three hours to eat a 6 inch Subway sandwich because after 4 or 5 bites I felt entirely full. I finished the sandwich about two hours ago and I still feel full. I hope I can stay this restricted for the rest of my life.

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Thanks for the feedback. I thought that you had to do liquids for 24 hours after a fill, 1 day of mushy, and then regular foods again? I believe it's because your stomach is swollen after a fill and sensitive.

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Thanks for the feedback. I thought that you had to do liquids for 24 hours after a fill, 1 day of mushy, and then regular foods again? I believe it's because your stomach is swollen after a fill and sensitive.

It would have been GREAT for my doctor to have told me that yesterday.

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MemphisFan, if you like, send me an email through this website and I will scan my "adjustment" (as they call it) diet for the day of the fill and diet after the fill for you. I had to take a 2 hour nutritionist class 2 weeks before my surgery and this is where I got the information from. Use your nutritionist to their fullest, I have called or emailed them about a million times since my surgery :).

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Definitely do liquids one day and graduate up through soft to solid. It makes the transitions much easier. Your doc or nutritionists should have told you!

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I was not told to do liquids, mushy, food. I asked because I had read it here. My surgeon said "Nope, I want you to eat real food". So I did. Chewed well and had no problems. But it was my first fill.

After my fill, I feel full for a little longer, but still not any "real" restriction. I will stay at this fill for a while then ask for another. My doc doesn't set a schedule. First fill at 6 weeks, then as needed.

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Well my fill went super well! I barely just felt a little pinch and it was over before I knew it! And she said this would be the longest fill because it's my first so she was going over all the info and stuff.

I'm on liquids for two days now...so thru tomorrow a and then 2 days of soft foods and then gradually adding normal foods. Apparently, this will be the routin for each fill. Even with the shakes, I'm feeling full. My dr said it was because there is swelling, so the liquids is better.

As for how much, she gave me 1.5 cc and said I had already had about 2.5 in from surgery so now I have about 4cc in my 10cc band. I go back in 2 weeks for another .5 cc. I'm hoping this helps!! I am 1 month from surgery (banded 7-2-12) and after starting soft foods, wast losing much. So I'm glad for the 2 days of liquids so help me focus and start slow again! :)

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I had liquids

Two days and mushy one

Day.

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