Do I need a fill?

waterlily1072 · February 7, 2007

OK so here's the deal

-I can eat bread

-The first cup of food I feel restriction but as I eat I stop feeling it so much and can eat more, sometimes up to 3 or 4 cups of food.< /p>

-I do not have any reflux

-I currently have 8.5cc's in a 10cc band

The above stats suggest that I can have a fill, I have no negative symptoms that would suggest that I am too tight. I feel that I should not be able to eat bread, but I am at 8.5cc's already!

That's it I am calling my surgeons office and scheduling a fill.

barbara465 · February 7, 2007

Sounds like a plan. Some bandsters can eat bread so that alone would not necessarily be an indicator. The fact that you can eat so much is probably the real factor in getting a fill.

I find it interesting that you feel full with the first cup, but that you can then keep eating. That borders on what is referred to on here as pouch packing. You might want to try some behavior changes first. Stop at the 1 cup and see if you can stay full for 3-4 hours between meals. If that doesn't work then go for a fill.

Good luck.

beachgirl · February 7, 2007

I would agree. The fact that you can eat more than a cup, cup and a half, don't feel full very long, looking for food and can eat most anything I would get a slight fill. I wouldn't worry about how much you have in there. They told me they can get almost double in your band if they need to from what it holds so don't let that scare you.

waterlily1072 · February 8, 2007

Well it's not that I feel fulness after the first cup, it's that I don't feel the band I guess. I spoke with my aunt who has been banded a long time and she says I am probably feeling first bite syndrome, because I can feel liquids going through, but only at first. And I have gone with only a cup of food many times because I count my calories, but I still feel hunger within 30 minutes, if it takes that long. I made my appointment and am going in Tuesday