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what a breeze...i am so glad it is over and i now know what to expect...i got 2cc... i just hope i get some restriction because i was wide open before the fill...i watched the barium just go right through...well i guess we will know soon enough!

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Do you have the 9.75 Inamed band that holds 4 cc's or is your band the larger band? I ask because 2 cc's is alot for the first fill, please be careful the first time you east solids and chew chew chew , take tiny bites. I hope it works good for you :(

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i finally found out today that i have a 10 band which holds 4 cc but she said it can actually hold 5.. not really sure what that means... i would think if it hold 4 than it hold 4...has anyone else been told this?? at first she said she was going to put in 1.5 than after the barium she decided to put in 2.. i could see the band was huge around my stomach...i had some Soup for dinner and i am still hungry... not a good sign... i just hope when i eat some solids i feel fuller!!! i will keep you posted

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the larger band is also by inamed but it is called the vanguard... it can hold 11 cc... i guess you would have to ask your doctor which band you have... that is what i did

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I just had my first fill today too! Thank God it wasn't anything like I expected!!!! PHEW! Dr Kwon was very gentle! Good thing, I had a bad day and I could have went from zero to sixty in two seconds! My band can hold 4cc's I got 1.5 today. He sucked out what ever was in there....he said he orgnly gave me 1.5 during the surgery, so I started out with restriction....but the air bubbles settled and it ended up only being 1.0cc's.....Soo he added .5.....I am now on liquids for a couple of days, then mushies, then whole foods. He said I can start on solids after the liquid/mushie stage...I have been dying for a salad! What a stupid thing to crave!

Okay..gonna go!

TTYL

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