First Fill and already had 3 cc in the band!

I had my first fill today. They've put me off because I've been doing well on my own without one (56 lbs), and I felt like I already had a restriction. Guess what? Before she did my fill, she did an unfill, and I already had 3 CCs. She decided to put in 4 CC, which she did, had me do the swallow test, and she could hear me gurgling while she stood next to me. So she unfilled enough so she added only .2 cc more to the 3 cc I had before. So far so good! Is it common for a band to already have saline in it?

so was the fill painfull at all???   I have a appointment with Dr Schmit on moday because of a problem with one of my incisions...i'm schedule for my first Fill on the 19th and i can't wait...I'm still on mushies and find myself getting very hungery...i'm pretty good about getting in my proteins but I'm still getting hungery too soon...It would be nice if he would give me a fill on monday but i'm sure i will have to wait until i'm on solid foods... When i talked to Dr Schmit about the surgery he said that they don't put any fluid in the band but something about the fact that they come with some fluid in them...or something like that I don't remember exactly...

The fill isn't any worse than getting a shot in the tummy.  Unfortunately, I had to get "shot" 3 times because I had to have the unfill, fill, and unfill again. Hope all goes well for your first one! And any more to come!

You were so right...I went in there hoping they would numb me...but nope no numbing...it was a small poke then it felt kinda funny when she "walked across the port" to get the the center...then she took out the 2.6cc that i had from surger and put in an additional 1 cc...she had the 3.6cc in before i knew what had happened...I asked her "so do i have to wait a little while before you can put the fluid back in"  she said that she was already done...I just couldn't beleive how quick and painless it was...The bad think is that i have to wait until July to get my next fill because I will be getting my fills in Minot and the won't do the less the 4 weeks apart and they are in Minot in 3 weeks...So hopefully this fill will keep my on trac****il July...

I'll be coming to Minot for my next appointment! I'm scheduled at 12:30 so I plan on attending the group meeting, too. Will you be there? It would be great to meet you in person!

I'm not sure about the one in June...I can't get a fill until July so they said that i didn't need to worry about the June meeting...than again i paid for it i should at least attend the meeting...I am out of town the week before so i will have to see what work is like when i get back...It would definately be great to meet you and other people that have been banded in the area...