1st fill

[keisha85 1]

Hi all,

just wanting a general opinion or what happened to yourselves, I had my band put in on the 1st august last year and before my fill last week I had lost 42lbs. I lost it very quickly, but had to wait for ages for a band fill, since november when my nurse said i was ready for one. I had this done on monday afternoon and as I was leaving the radiographer said that I needed to be on liquids for 10 days, I am now half way through day 4 and getting very bored and desperately want to chew something, whatever it might be. What I was wondering was how long you were on liquids for after your fill, I don't know how big my band is, but do know it has 2ml in it. After my op I was on cler liquids for 48 hours, liquids for 3-4 days, mushies for a fortnight and then normal food. I just had some thick Soup for lunch and definately feel restricted.

Any thoughts, suggestions would be great.

Sarah

[kdlee 0]

After fills I'm told to do 2 days of liquids, then I do a day of mushies then back to regular foods by day 4. 10 days is a long time, but if it's what your Dr. says, it's best to follow it. Good luck! I hate the liquid stage!

[MissBS 3]

Hi. My post-fill diet is the same as kdlee's - liquids for 2 days, soft foods for 1 day, then advance to solid foods. 10 days on liquids????? That seems VERY extreme to me!!!! Maybe you should contact your surgeon and make sure that is correct. If he says it is, then I guess that is what you have to do. Maybe the radiographer got confused - that sounds more like a post-OP diet, not a post-FILL diet. I wish you luck. Take care!! Becky

[RestlessMonkey 7]

My post fill diet is similar...liquids 1-2 days, then mushie, then food. The x-ray technician (what I think you called the radiographer) would have NO IDEA how I should eat etc. Call your surgeon or nutritionist to confirm. Ten days seems fairly severe for a fill. I will say, though, that Aug 1 to November also seems very long to wait for a first fill (in my very limited experience) so maybe your doctor is just VERY conservative.

[keisha85 1]

thank you for comments, the reason for the august to november difference, was because i lost alot very quickly, and it only slowed down in october, i see the nurse once a month and she said to wait until the following month to see if my weight loss had stopped and then that is when they book the fill. Reading the answers regarding the 2 days liquids etc, it does seem a very long time for me to be on liquids, I might phone my nurse on monday and ask her, as it is now to late on friday night (7pm) to ring. So i might have something mushy over the weekend, and not worry too much about it.

thank you again for your answers

sarah