First fill today

SO I GOT MY FIRST FILL TODAY NOT A HAPPY CAMPER ONLY GOT 3CC AN I HAVE NO RESTRICTIONS I SAID THAT BEFORE I LEFT BUT I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS ENOUGH TO START OUT WITH  


SO MY QUESTION IS SHOULDNT I FEEL SOME TYPE OF RESTRICTION

HAS ANYONE CHANGE DRS AFTER THE SURGERY AN WAS IT A HARD PROCESS

Fills are funny.  Some don't feel restriction for a few days or even weeks, so I'm told.  I would rather have small fills than fills that are too aggressive and have to have some removed.  Be patient and continue following the rules.  You'll do great!!
~ Barbara

Your doc is right.  Take it slowly.  Give your body time to get used to it.  My first I got 2.5.  My second, I got .5.  My third I got another 2.5 or so (maybe 3).  And my fourth I got about .2.  I've never had heartburn, reflux, anything...slow is good.

This is a process ---- and overfilling the band is a really, really bad idea.

Read this board for a while and you will see that many, many of the 'bad band stories' start with people whose bands were too tight.

Try to visualize the band around your stomach --- like a belt around your jeans -- the band alone is SOME restriction --- and now you have 3cc MORE restriction ---- is it perfect? maybe not -- but it is more than you had last week -- and you were able to survive last week.

Go back to very basic eating -- weigh/measure your food, eat tiny bites that are well chewed.
clear your mouth of food before you take your next bite ---- you will be surprised that after 10 well chewed bites that your hunger will begin to dim.

Do not expect to feel 'full' ----- it can take 15 or 20 minutes AFTER I finish eating to feel satisfied -- I just make myself stop eating when my measured portion runs out ---- and I tell myself that if I wait 20 minutes and want more, that I can re-evaluate and decide if I really want more -- and I never do.

Don't expect the band to keep you from eating ---- expect that if you feed yourself good solid protein in small quantities that it will satisfy you and keep you from needing more food for about 3 or 4 hours.

I just had my first fill last week and I had 3ccs also. I didn't feel any restriction at first. Just this week am I starting to feel the restriction from my fill. I'm noticing that I'm getting halfway through my 4 oz of food and already starting to feel full....hope it all works out for you, just hang in there for a little bit