How big is your average fill?

[Justin 0]

I had my first fill last week and it put me to 2ccs. Well the band isn't doing squat, so I got my second fill today with another 2ccs. That puts me at 4ccs. Now if feels like when I swallow Water that it goes down my throat slower. I never feel anything in my stomache though. I'm not 100% what I should feel for yet.

[Wheetsin 714]

The band is above your stomach, so you probably won't feel anything stomach unless it's a referred pain or something.

My surgeon is fairly aggressive with his fills. With smaller bands he does .5 - 1 cc at a time, depending on which fill it is, what weightloss has been, etc. For larger bands I believe he starts at 2 - 3 cc, but that's just what I've been told by peers with the larger band.

2cc sounds like you're getting fills fairly aggressively. Some surgeons only do 1cc (large abnd) or .5cc (smaller bands) at a time. Some let you come back for another fill at your discretion, and some make you wait a certain length of time.

The best way to describe restriction (for me), that isn't yet to the point of being painful, is kind of like having a burp sitting in you that won't come up. A sort of "pressure" that lets you know something's there.

[kbinaz 0]

I have a 10cc band. My fills were: 1.5 ccs, 1.5 ccs, 1.5 ccs, 2ccs So I am up to a total of 6.5 (did the math for you) and am just now feeling restriction, seriously didn't know what they were talking about for those first three fills. The thing is, everyone is different. It has to do with body physiology- the thickness of your stomach mainly. So you can't really go by what other people have. I am convinced that it is better to go slowly with fills - my doctor is pretty conservative but allows us to come in after 10 days if we don't think it was enough. I think smaller fills make it less likely you will get overfilled. Plus,each fill puts you in a different place and it takes a few days to get used to it, plus you can be tighter at first from swelling.There is a learning curve with the band so slower fills allows more time to adjust - both mentally and physically.