First Fill done

[Berry 0]

I got my first fill yesterday. I had some mashed potato today and an hour later my stomach started making strange noises. Are these digestion noises?? The food moving from the upper pouch to the lower stomach??

[janeg1568 0]

Hi berry,

My name is Jayne from NJ and I had my 1st fill on Wednesday, 4 months after my surgery!!! My insurance gave me a hard time about getting a fill.

Anyway, after my fill my stomach was making lots of noises (like when you are really hungry). That went away after I had some tea. Nothing hurts or is bothering me.

I can feel the restiction because I had two pretzel nuggets and they got stuck and I ended up throwing up to get it out. For some reason they just wouldn't go down. For dinner I have been eating Soup. The warm broth takes good and it seems to be very filling (for me).

I have a VG band and my first fill was 3.5. I hope this will hold for a while. I have managed to loose 30 pds. without any fills.

Good luck in the future.

Jayne from NJ

260/230/150

[Iluvharleys 15]

My stomach makes all kinds of weird noises! Sometimes it's so loud that I am glad no one is close by!

[GayleTX 1]

You'll probably be hearing the wierd noises from now on.....sorry. It's just part of it.

Pretzel nuggets??!!! Not a good choice!! liquids for the first day, then ease out into mushies and real food gradually. (pretzels are not quality food anyhow, are they?)

[lor 0]

I'm not sure what that was but I was told to do liquids for three days before food. When I got my fill I had to do a barium swallow and then drink a lot of Water when the doctor thought he had me at the right amount (1.4?) When I drank the water I heard a "glug,glug" like when you empty out a bottle at the end. Maybe that's what you heard?