I Got A Fill - Now Food Seems To Pass Easier

[Bracchus 8]

So I got my fill yesterday and it seems like my food passes through easier that before the fill. Anybody else experience this?

[Mrs. Curtis 42]

I had this with my third fill- I thought I was going crazy but felt more like before the band. Still not sure why it happened maybe someone else has an idea to share

[georgeileen 23]

I got one and if feels the same

4cc

[kyrasgrandma 228]

I had 4cc put in my band during surgery. I am hoping to get a fill in 2 weeks.

[CHEZNOEL 4,061]

BE careFUL! Don't want that fill to lead to a STUCK episode.

[Summerrain 520]

Yes I was the same for the first few fills, didn't feel any difference. By the time I got my fourth fill I started to get restriction, not right away but within the week. Once I got to my 6 th fill then it was right away.

I had 4cc in my band at the time if surgery then first one at 4 weeks then every two weeks, then as I got closer to greenzone every three weeks. I've had 8 in total but they have been very small amounts at a time.

Some are lucky and need only a few, like the above poster said be careful because one day you may be fine then the next day restriction sneaks up on you. Something to do with the Fluid in the tubing part finally making it to the band area.

[gevoniagibbons 4]

So I got my fill yesterday and it seems like my food passes through easier that before the fill. Anybody else experience this?

Yes I'm at 3cc which is my first full and I fill the same. I said I was going to call my doctor because I should be filling some restrictions but I'm not and its kinda depressing.

[gevoniagibbons 4]

Yes I'm at 3cc which is my first fill and I fill the same. I said I was going to call my doctor because I should be filling some restrictions but I'm not and its kinda depressing.

[gevoniagibbons 4]

Yes I'm at 3cc which is my first fill and I fill the same. I said I was going to call my doctor because I should be filling some restrictions but I'm not and its kinda depressing.

[Thee-O 15]

That happened to me after my first fill. I thought I was going nuts because it felt like I could eat easier. I wasn't getting stuck. I had no restriction really. I felt that the fill loosened me up a bit if that makes any sense. Just got another fill yesterday...we will see how this one goes.

[karewpah 173]

a fill is not meant to make food harder to go down or limit what you eat. A fill is simply to get the right pressure on the vagus nerve that will then trigger the I'm not hungry response and allow you to go 4-5 hours between meals.

[Thee-O 15]

a fill is not meant to make food harder to go down or limit what you eat. A fill is simply to get the right pressure on the vagus nerve that will then trigger the I'm not hungry response and allow you to go 4-5 hours between meals.

well please explain a stuck episode? Pressure is one thing but that is also restriction which could lead to making food harder to go down right?

[karewpah 173]

a stuck episiodde usually comes from eating to fast, no chewing well enough, or generally not following the rules (so most say)...I say we're human and behaviours are the hardest things to change.

I think bands are fickle depending on what time of month, day or your level of stress.

All I'm saying is don't worry that it feels easier, because it (IMHO) shouldn't necessarily feel harder.

If you can stay with the satisfied feeling for 4-5 hours and the food goes down easier...well I'd take that scenario any day of the week.

When you say restriction what is it you really mean? Is it that you are physically restricted by the band in the amount yuo are able to eat?

Here's a great piece on laband and restriction...

the purpose of the band is not restriction; the purpose of the band is to lose weight by suppressing the appetite.

http://drsimpson.net/fills/Lap-band-eating/lap-band-not-restriction/lap-band-and-restriction.html

[Ladynola 1]

Please look up medical responses triggered when the vegus nerve is stimulated.... Sorry but I'm in the medical field and it has nothing to do with a lap band fill or hunger!!!!!!

[karewpah 173]

Why not send a link to the information?

I'm working from my surgeon's information