first fill today

i had my first fill today....yes, a little slower than others (i was banded 10/20)....and my dr. does it under flouroscopy...it was neat seeing what i swallow travel .  He put  2.4 in, into a 10 band.  I wanted to stay conservative, he wanted me to vomit (not really, but we had fun punting that idea back and forth).  for the next few days:

liquids only until sunday
sunday-mushies
monday-"normal" foods.

if it takes me longer than 20-30 minutes to eat a meal, it's too much. 

I will let everyone know how it goes .....

betsey

Good luck with your first fill. I was banded in July and get my third fill next Tuesday. I feel I need as my portions are larger than they should again.
Love my band!

Sounds like a good plan --- go easy at first.

It always helped me to mentally visualize that my band was 'fuller' and that I needed to eat more carefully --- and try to see how little I needed to eat, instead of how much I could eat.

thanks Kath!  i'm still on liquids until sunday...but i'm working on the visualization.  and the "instead of how much i could eat"...rings so true!

betsey