My first fill

[beachgirl 2]

No wonder I can't tell I got my first fill, 1.5 cc's.

What size band do you have to have gotten that much fill.

I've now got to go back in another week, (2weeks from fill) for

more. I think I need a bunch more.

I have the 9.75 cm band.

[loriely 0]

i have the swedish band 11 cc.they put 5 cc in first and if you need a defill .then you would get one .

[kimmason 0]

I have the swedish band too,is that what TBLC uses? Now I find I am speaking in an accent and have the odd inclination to go shopping at IKEA!

[loriely 0]

tblc uses 3 different bands .it all depends how your stomach looks and the size of it.

[kimmason 0]

the looks and size of ones stomach? does anyone know the differences in stomachs with looks and size and elaborate for me.thanks

[Yoda 0]

Kim: you're the nurse!!!!!!

[kimmason 0]

yup, that's me. I am a nurse and have delivered babies for 12 years and also worked in cardiovascular O.R, so I know what your uterus , ovaries, all structures near them and I know what you heart looks like inside and out, BUT i know nothing about gastric stuff and a smart nurse admits when she doesn't know it all and that is an area I know F' all, so honestly I know little about the differences. But then again, i didn't understand the liver shrinkage thing either nor did other medical types docs and rns I spoke with, and I ended up eating like a pig three days prior to my surgery and I still was a lap band without the open surgery, so i dunno, but if anyone does I am all ears! thanks all.

[Irishmist 0]

Kim, the reason you had to follow a diet prior to surgery was not to reduce the SIZE of your liver, it was to reduce the fat content IN your liver

The Dr. has to move it to get to your stomach, and when you reduce the fat,it makes it lighter and easier for the Dr.to handle it.

Hope this helps you to understand a little better.

Maria:)

[kimmason 0]

got it thanks maria. i have been told though that it would make my liver smaller.

[argon 3]

It probably does shrink it a bit, also, I'd think... by reducing the fat in it. (?)

Have you ever watched the video of the surgery (online), Kim? It's pretty neat. You can see how they 'hold up' the liver out of the way while they do the surgery.

If you haven't... try this: http://www.or-live.com/BrighamandWomens/1372/

Hopefully that link works. Let me know if it doesn't... there's a different way to get to it.

Mandi

[kimmason 0]

no way. I can watch it, great thanks mandi, you are super

[argon 3]

Thank you, thank you! *takes a bow*

Enjoy! It's really interesting.

[CLOE 0]

Lordy, your gonna watch it:puke: .:faint:

[neenagh 0]

I have the swedish band too,is that what TBLC uses? Now I find I am speaking in an accent and have the odd inclination to go shopping at IKEA!

LMAO Kimmason!

[kimmason 0]

hey Neenah thanks for that posting, you are the only one that got it or said anything, so i thought I lost my touch. Oh by the weigh......your pic, you umm very young for 46.

K