1st fill today...how long before should I abstain from eating?

MamaJava · February 18, 2008

Sorry to ask such a silly question, but I honestly can't find any instructions anywhere regarding my first fill in my paperwork. So should I stop eating a certain amount of hours before the fill? I did have a couple very small things to eat this morning (2 slices of wheat toast for Breakfast, some pureed bananas for lunch when I was feeding my baby and a couple chocolate-covered strawberries left over from Valentine's Day). It's 11:40am now and my fill is at 4:00pm so I'm not going to eat anymore. How about fluids? Can I drink anything and should I stop drinking beforehand? How long before the fill should I stop drinking? I'm really thirsty right now.

Thanks in advance.

georgia girl · February 18, 2008

I think many surgeons have different requirements on fills. My surgeon requires no eating/drinking for 2 hours before a fill, then liquids for 3 days following a fill. Not sure if this helps, but I've had 5 fills and I follow the 2 hour rule and haven't had any problems. Good luck with your fill!

kbinaz · February 19, 2008

My doctor never said anything one way or the other about eating before fills. Since I have to go on Clear Liquids for 3 days after a fill I do not want to go in there already hungry so I usually eat. I have done fine.

February 19, 2008

I had my first fill yesterday around 2:30... I hadn't eaten since 9:30 in the morning. I was starving and I could tell my blood sugar was low. I wouldn't recommend this to anybody because I had the shakes on the nearly 90 mile drive home and was dying to eat something as soon as I walked through the door of my house (and couldn't). My doctor's office did not say anything about pre-fill limits, only that I need to stick to liquids for 2 days following the fill. If I had it to do again I would probably have a little something a 2-3 hours before having it done.

After all that, I just realized you've already had your fill done as I type this. How'd yours go? Did you ask them about eating before the fill?

Sades · February 19, 2008

I can eat anything prior to a fill and am told to eat soft foods for the next 24 hours.

grammylew · February 19, 2008

My doc says - no foods for 12 hours prior, nothing (including fluids) for 4 hours prior. Liquids for 24 hours after, mushies for another 24 hours, then back to solids.

He wants to be sure I am EMPTY when he adds the saline. SO DO I. He doesn't use fluoro. He has me drink cool Water while he fills and I tell him when it won't go down. If I already have stuff in my pouch, how will we know if the saline he is adding is working?

Makes perfect sense to me!