Eat or Drink on Fill Day?

My fill is at 11:00am. Should I not eat or drink before then? I only took my meds this morning with a small sip of water.

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Mary B. The Woodlands, Texas H219/S207/C146/G130
Banded on 03/14/2006 by Dr. Richard Collier




:cat:"In Loving Memory of Mouse"

I always try to eat before I go for my fill... since I'll be doing liquids afterwards. My doctor doesn't have any rules, but that's what I do. :)

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Janet
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My doctor says no eating or drinking for three hours before the fill. It's on my appointment slip.

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Banded - 02/08/06
220/170/125

I didn't eat or drink before going. The nurse said I was correct not to eat or drink.

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Mary B. The Woodlands, Texas H219/S207/C146/G130
Banded on 03/14/2006 by Dr. Richard Collier




:cat:"In Loving Memory of Mouse"

My fill was in the afternoon, so I had eaten breakfast and lunch and I always have a bottle of water at my desk at work. Nothing was said to me about not eating or drinking.

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"I Believe There Are Angels Among Us"

I was advised to just eat and drink normally before and after. All doctors are different I guess.

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Jacqui

My doctor does not want you to have anything in your pouch when the fill is done therefore he request that you have nothing but liquids 4 - 5 hours before the adjustment. After the fill he asks patients to stay on clear liquids the rest of that day, thicker liquids & mushy food the second day, and to start solids the 3rd day. I suppose every doctor is different somewhat.

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Bette
Banded 9/05, Alberto Aceves/Mexicali, Mexico
Weight before surgery - 278
Weight at surgery - 260 - Banded 9/9/05
First fill (2.5) - 12/12/05 - 245, removed 3/21/06
Second fill (1.8) - 5/3/06
1/07 - 193
3/07 - 187
6/07 - 177
2/08 - 172

My doctor does not have any restrictions on eating or drinking. I ate normally before my last fill and all was well.

Wow. I didn't realize how different each doctor is. My doctor doesn't have any problems with eating before your fill. My last fill I ate a sandwich 30 min. before going in. (I knew I wouldn't be eating solid food for awhile.) HA!! I got a great fill & no problems! :)

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Dianechef
Surgery on 7/05

I had a light breakfast at 6am the day of my fill. I had the fill done at noon time. I was asked to stay on liquid diet for the remainder of the day.

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Lety
Banded 3/07/2006
Dr.R.Rumbaut, Monterrey, MX
247/234/149/147
4/24/06 1st fill 1.6cc
6/18/06 2nd fill .5cc
7/17/06 3rd fill .3cc
8/16/06 4th fill .5cc
9/13/06 5th fill .5cc
11/6/06 6th fill .6cc
03/2/07 7th fill (saline removed, replaced with omnipack 3.00cc)
3/5/07 8th 1.1cc (due to insufficient rest)

Wow. had salmon about a hour before my fill. I had to do liquids for 3 days, soft foods for 3 days and on to regular food. I started counting the days from when I left the office....lol. So today I had mushies after 2pm.

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268/218/150

fills 1.5cc 2/10/2006
2cc 5/3/2006

:typing: my food diary/blog :hungry:

We are told nothing but clear liquids for 4 hours before the fill and then liquids for the remainder of that day, then mushies the next day then regular food. ~Mandy

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weight: 242/160/145
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