Filled for 1st time this morning

kagoscuba · October 15, 2007

I went in this mornign for my first fill. Just a pinch for the numbing needle, a slight burn when the nerves got turned off, and then painless. I got to watch the monitor as my barium went down and went through the unfilled band pretty easily. Then, I watched as we tried a few different things. The coolest was when the barium went down and came to a complete halt. The doctor said, "Yep, I think that's a little too filled." I felt like saying "Ya' think so doc?" So, he finally adjusted everything until there was just a little squirt of Fluid going through the band at a time. Now comes the hardest part. Starting the diet all over again. My doc recommends 3 days of Clear liquids, 1 week of full liquids, 1 week of soft foods, then progressing on to small portions of solid foods. Geez, and I just got to eat my first small dry tuna-fish salad yesterday. :cool: One bonus of the diet I've been on is the barium tasted ok. It's a hell of a lot better than "Isopuke."

My stomach has now gone back to gurgling a lot...I'm a one man band again!!

REDGIRL · October 15, 2007

Congradulation on your first fill. I also will be getting my fill today! I'm a little nervous about it all. I hope that I get filled enough because I have put on a few pounds! So, wish me luck!!

kagoscuba · October 15, 2007

Thanks and good luck!!

Two things I did not mention before.

1. Now, after "eating" full liquids for a week, I am really hungry today on Clear Liquids.< /p>

2. My port is directly under my sternum, which is different than a lot of people here who desribes theirs as on their left or right side. I guess I now know why sleeping on my side was so easy. :cool:

mermaidpuppy · October 15, 2007

I'm going for my first fill on Oct. 22nd. I can't wait. Are you feeling a difference? Is swallowing any different? I'm sure it's hard to tell since your just having liquids so far. But I'm eager to have some restriction. I wanna lose!!!

kagoscuba · October 15, 2007

No difference so far, except the liquids satisfy me quicker than before. There is no difference in swallowing so far. However, when the doctor closed me off completely this morning, I DID feel that. Very weird to just have the barium just sitting up top waiting to go down.

My personal way of being able to lose before I was restricted was to buy a lunch-box and pack Breakfast, lunch, and dinner in it and eat those meals at work, and only drink liquids and snack on diet popsicles at work. That way I never felt neglected, and was able to keep on losing. Weekends were tougher, but I usually made it through those without cracking, although I did eat hard-boiled egg whites before I should have last weekend. :cool:

Liz1531 · October 16, 2007

I got my first fill this weekend. We almost filled half the band already. I was to be on full liquids for three days and then resume eating. I just ate a Egg McMuffin (I know, I know bad choice but I need to get to the groccery store). Anyhow, I ate pretty slow and the whole thing went down. I'm a bit surprised it all went down so easily. I hope this keeps me full for a while. How much was put into your band?

kagoscuba · October 16, 2007

I'm not sure how much was put in my band, but from looking at the monitor and seeing how much the barium flowed pre-adjustment, compared to how much barium flowed post-adjustment, it looked like a 90% difference. I'm sure that's not reality, but it sure was what it looked like.

REDGIRL · October 16, 2007

I'm not sure how much was put in my band, but it really don't feel like much!! My dr. acted like he didn't want to really tell me how much he put, but i will call his office today because i really decided to keep a jounal with that info!