Get my first fill on Tuesday 6/18!

[lologard44 1]

Any advise as what to expect on my first fill? I am down 20 pounds since my surgery and am overly anxious to drop more and more!!! Adding exercise now has been amazing to my energy level. I feel that I can eat a lot and it kind of scares me. Do you get to choose how much to fill or how do they know what u need? Any advise would be great!

[catfish87 3,471]

Fills for me, are completely painless. There is at least a couple of different ways fills are given. Sometimes your doc will have you lay on a table, they will locate the port by looking/feeling for it, then insert a needle into the port. Some doc's will have you stand while inserting the needle and adjusting. Thats how they can "adjust" your band...by adding saline into the port, which provides that restriction level.

Some doctors adjust blindly, meaning they add a certain amount of saline depending on their experience, your timeline post banding, and talking with you about how you are progressing/hunger, etc. It may work fine, but it may not provide the best adjustment.

Then theres fills using Fluoroscopy...the gold standard in my opinion. Using the fluoro machine, your surgeon and you can SEE your restriction level as he/she adjusts your band. They can also see correct placement, "pouch" size, and other information. Some also find it easier to locate the port using this method. I'm a big fan and advocate for fills using Fluoro. Without it, I'd never have reached correct restriction.

http://www.hoab.org/...louis-missouri/

[taylor1989 131]

I just got my first fill... Still sitting in office drinking my huge glass of Water. I'm terrified of needles and it wasn't bad.

I got 0.8 added.

[taylor1989 131]

I just got my first fill... Still sitting in office drinking my huge glass of Water. I'm terrified of needles and it wasn't bad.

I got 0.8 added.

Forgot to add my doc does fluoro so he can see what I need