Wow. Aggressive fill.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

lauren and marilyn,

I'm at the same place you are. I got my second fill Jan. 10 and I've been having a lot of trouble with solids, but I figure if I watch what I eat I will be okay. I had relatives from the east coast here this week and did a lot of bad eating out (and puking out) but today I was home, took it easy, and while I can't eat much, I could get Soup and some chili down. Peanut Butter seems to be fine too. I've lost 6 pounds since the fill, which is nice, but I hate to think I might be doing damage with the pbing.

Just take it easy. Make sure you cut meat up the size of a pencil eraser. Chew it until there is nothing left to chew. Then wait before taking another bite, so you can tell if it's stuck. Eat very slowly. If you lose a little bit, you'll lose fat around your stomach and the band will loosen.

If you continue to pb eating slowly and taking itty bitty bites, you might need to have a tiny bit of saline taken out.

[Jeni 85 0]

My surgeon works in .5cc increments for 4cc bands, and I *think* 2cc increments for 10cc bands. He is one of the moer aggressive fillers -- in his words, "Why not get you losing quicker?"

i agree with you're surgeon...

and my surgeon is an aggressive filler as well... at one of my fills he did 3.2cc's .. and he never does less than 1.5cc's

[Longhorn 1]

My surgeon is considered "conservative" but he gave me 3ccs at my first fill (1cc already in the band from surgery) and 2ccs at my second fill. However, it was six weeks from surgery for my first fill and five weeks until the second (couldn't get an appointment for four weeks.) It's four weeks until my next fill.

[anonemouse 1]

I'm really scared about having too much restriction and, personally, would rather have to add a bit of willpower to a light restriction from the band than have to deal with PB'ing and getting stuck. I can manage "a little" willpower on my own, it's when I have to keep up "a lot" over time that I fail...

Oh yeah, I don't believe in being so tight that you're always PBing, sliming, and getting stuck. I think that's just asking for a slipped or eroded band.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

Yeah, I had great weight loss when I was too tight. I was smart enough to know that it would lead to losing my band, and that wasn't worth it. I went in for an unfill, and totally lost restriction. That's better than losing the band though!

It took me a year to get to my "sweet spot"

[Jeni 85 0]

YAY i got a fill today.... finally... i got 1.3cc's lower than his usual fills... hopefully its good!!!:rolleyes2: