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I had my 1st fill yesterday (banded in early August). Everything went well....however, i have been feeling under the weather since the fill. Has anyone else felt the same way after their fill?

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I had my surgery on Aug 14, first fill on Saturday, and I swear I felt body aches and a bit crampy for about 36 hrs after almost flu like -- and then I was fine. Not sure if that is what you are experiencing though.

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YES!! Thank you! I just feel like I'm about to catch a cold or flu (nose running, sneezing, overall achy feeling). Days leading up to my 1st fill I was nervous and not sleeping well. Now that I've experienced my 1st fill, I was nervous and worried for no reason. The process went smoothly:). I just have not been feeling well since the fill. Barely able to drink large amounts of Water like I was able to before the fill (before 3 - 4/16.9 oz of water, plus morning Protein drink) now I have had 2/16.9oz and half of my 11oz Protein Drink. Hopefully, I will feel better soon:(

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Based on my experience, you should be ok by tomorrow, try to hang in there, I am not clear on if this will happen every single time, but my mind tells me its because things are still healing in there, we just had surgery last month!, so maybe things are still tender, I would think that the more time passes the less likely that is to happen -- but heck I don't know. Maybe some of the more experienced bandster can advise...Glad you mentioned this because I thought I was imagining it or really getting sick! but then it passed!

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I had my first fill as well yesterday. It went really smoothly and I didn't feel a thing! I already had 4ml from my surgery date and they added another 1ml.

I have felt quite weak and tired since my fill, but I wonder if its because I am back on fluids, which has been a real shock. I have been enjoying proper food so much. Just two days of mushies now and back to proper food on Saturday. Bliss

Good Luck everyone :rolleyes:

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What a difference a couple of days make!!! I no longer have the flu like symptoms, I actually felt better last night. Also, I'm getting back to my previous levels of liquids:). Thanks again for all the feedback and support! I was really feeling awful. Glad to be getting back on my feet:). My doctor wants to see me in 2 weeks for possibly another fill. After what I experience these past couple of days, I am really hesitant in keeping that appointment and pushing it out a couple more weeks (1 month). Does anyone know if every fill will make me feel as horrible as I felt during my 1st fill?

I really wish my doctor would have warned me how awful I could possibly feel....I would never have gone back to work after the fill, all I could think of was curling up under a nice warm blanket and sleeping the rest of the day. I think I will mention how i felt to my doctor, so that he can prepare others. Thanks again everyone!

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