Weight Loss

nyree34 · May 29, 2007

How much weight will i lose from the day i get my surgery until my two week date to get my fill? my surgery date is coming up on 6/21/07. do everybody get a fill two weeks after they surgery?

edieparks · May 29, 2007

Nyree,

I want to respond to you with a good answer.

There is no good answer.

At least 1 lb and less then 100 lbs.

Seriously, everyone is different. My doctor says 1 to 3 lbs average a week.

If I were you I would expect 6 lbs is you must know a number and be happy with 2.

edie

cyndilou29 · May 29, 2007

Actually I don't know anyone who has hd a fil at 2 weeks. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, I just usually hear 4-6 weeks. My doc makes everyone wait 6 weeks.

Really though you should be focused on healing though and not weight loss. You will have no Fluid in your band so you probably won't have too much restriction but will most likely be on a liquid diet for a week or so. I would say 5 or 6 but you might lose nothing and that will be okay, you might lose 10 and that would be okay. Everyone is different

davies · May 29, 2007

ive lost 18 pounds since i was banded on 26 may, yes 4 days!!, but that was a freak amount. my surgeon will not fill until 8 weeks post op.

hope you get the loss you are after xx

Alexandra · May 29, 2007

How much weight will i lose from the day i get my surgery until my two week date to get my fill? my surgery date is coming up on 6/21/07. do everybody get a fill two weeks after they surgery?

I'd say that nobody gets a fill two weeks after surgery. Are you having it done in the U.S.? Typically the postop liquid diet is at least two weeks, more like four in most cases, and I've never heard of a doctor being willing to fill until the restriction is assessed postoperatively. That means the patient must be on solid food in order to feel what effect the unfilled band is having on the ability to eat.

Why on earth would you want a fill at two weeks out? I would think that is very risky.

faithmd · May 30, 2007

Yep, what Alexandra said.

NO WAY I'd get a fill in an Inamed band until at least four weeks and more likely six weeks post-op. There's no way to be able to assess how much restriction is left over from the surgery itself. Also, the band hasn't seated itself in place with scar tissue yet, a fill before it has healed could cause it to move. Of course every srugeon is different, but I'd wonder...

areellady · May 30, 2007

I wonder if maybe the OP has a two week appointment and misunderstood that it was going to be for a fill. Can't imagine getting a fill after two weeks..you are still so swollen. Good Luck!!