Band Fill Wednesday ....no restriction!!!!

camjay · August 8, 2008

Hi guys.

This is probably the thousandth time you've been faced with this scenario, but here's my story (in brief).

Visited for my first fill. The clinic was v. busy with fellow bandsters. I felt I was part of a production line actually.

When I saw the doc, I felt it was all quite impersonal - a quick hello, how are you? Anyway, he muttered something about 1ml and then filled my band. Afterward I waited outside, drank some Fluid and felt fine. I was then sitting there like an idiot wondering what to do next. I spoke to a nurse and asked both what should I be feeling and what happens next.

To cut a long story short, the doc came back, told me I had 6mls in my band, and if it wasn't enough to come back.

Now I feel I have no restriction whatsoever, in fact, I feel less restricted now than I did on Wednesday!!!! Is 6 mls a lot in the balloon? and should I make an appointment for another fill straight away or should I wait.

Thanks in advance guys!!!!!!!!

PS - I wondered if he was getting me mixed up with someone else with the 6ml thing - he definately said 1ml whilst filling the band!!

Edited August 8, 2008 by camjay
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LindaLouRN · August 8, 2008

Call the office and ask them how much they put in your band - just tell them you forgot or something. He will have charted it right after your filling, probably while still in the fill room. So they can just pull your chart and tell you. This way you know it is your info for sure. If he really did give you 6cc's I'd wait it out, at least 14 days to see if it kicks-in. Usually, fill #1 is more aggressive than subsequent fills, so he probably did give you 6cc's instead of just 1cc. Good Luck!

LindaLouRN · August 8, 2008

Also, he may have pre-filled your band before/during surgery with 1cc. So you may have already had 1cc in there and he may have been verifying that there was no leak by pulling back the original 1cc before giving you a fill of 5cc's. Just a thought. Good Luck!

Linda

camjay · August 8, 2008

Hi Linda.

Thanks for that. You could be right - he may well put 1ml in during the surgery. I can't understand though why I feel less restriction than I did before. I don't know if it psychological or not, but I'll use your advice and then wait a bit! xx

LindaLouRN · August 8, 2008

I had no restriction until fill #3, and even then it was minimal. I didn't truly know what restriction was until fill #4. It is not uncommon to not have any restriction this early on. Try not to let it get to you, you'll get there with time! Good Luck!