Second Fill and Starving

[prmasci 1]

I got my second fill this morning and I am starving this afternoon. How long before the fill takes affect?

[2muchfun 8,927]

Gonna need more info than what you've provided?

Are you on some kind of post fill liquid diet?

Were you feeling any satiety/restriction before this fill?

Weight at surgery and weight now?

The short uninformed answer to your question would be that fills don't always "take affect". I know my 2nd fill did very little. I think I got stuck a few times after my 2nd fill which forced me to pay closer attention to how fast I ate and how much I chewed. But I was till in Bandster Hell till my 3rd fill. Some folks went up to 10 fills before they felt satiety.

Do you know how many CCs were put in? Did they do this under fluoroscopy(X-ray)?

[prmasci 1]

liquid diet for two days then mushy for two days.

My begining weight was 243. I am now at 223. I have a 10CC band. I had .4CC added yesterday no sure what I am at now. The fill was not done under fluroscopy.

I have never felt restriction except immediately after surgery.

All I know is I am starving again today.

[Cincha300 15]

I did not start feeling restriction until after my 3rd adjustment. I was pretty much able to eat everything and I hated it. If you don't feel it right away you probably won't.

You should try to keep track of how much you get each time.

[2muchfun 8,927]

My results and several others are different from Cincha's. I just had a fill a week ago and it took about 4 days before I really felt the effect. I've read where many others have taken 2 weeks before they felt any new restriction. And you won't feel anything till you go back to solids. Being hungry on liquids is expectable and no matter how tight your band is, if you aren't eating solid food, you're going to get hungry.

[SandyM 1,956]

My experience was it took 3 weeks to feel the full effects of my last fill