No loss after a fill?

Ruthie · August 23, 2005

Ok, I'm not whining or complaing I'm just asking... :rolleyes:

I had my first fill at the end of July and I haven't lost anything. Not even a smidgen of a pound. Just wondering if that's happened to anyone else or if I'm the lone non-loser out there?

I have my second fill on Wednesday so we'll see how that goes.

I'm just curious to see if anybody else is in the same situation. Inquiring minds want to know!

Marimaru · August 23, 2005

This happened to me as well. I was banded in Mexico, and as happy I was to get the procedure there's not alot of extra information handed out from them. I was banded in July of '04, got my first fill in August, and didn't lose anything between then and November when I got my 2nd fill (after I'd found the forums and learned that it wasn't MY fault!!).

debri85 · August 23, 2005

I just posted on the fill forum about this. had my first fill three weeks ago and can eat anything, haven't lost anything and am HUNGRY all the time, just like before the surgery. I was more restricted before the fill...

I will see my doctor in a week, I keep hoping it will kick in...but don't hold much hope out now.....

La_madam · August 23, 2005

Sometimes it will take more then 1 fill to start feeling the restriction. Did your Dr.not tell you that?

momof4 · August 23, 2005

Ruthie -

I was banded a day before you and also had my first fill at the end of July. Like Marimaru said, I too had to find this forum to learn that it wasn't my fault that I didn't have restriction right out of surgery or even after my first fill. My doc didn't believe that fills were needed and after 6 weeks of gaining and losing the same two pounds, I finally got another fill. Since my second fill last Thursday, I have lost 4 lbs. That's the difference between restriction and no restriction. I didn't even have to count calories or weigh my food to lose those 4 lbs. either!!!

Good luck,

Tricia

Ruthie · August 23, 2005

Thanks ladies for the encouragement.

Yes I knew that it would take me more then one fill to get restriction. I was just a little surprised that I hadn't even lost a teeny tiny bit of weight after my first fill. Anyway I"m looking forward to my second fill tomorrow.

congrats on your weight losses!