First Fill!

alex

I received my first fill today. The nurse practitioner at my doctors office administered the fill. It was painless and I only felt a tiny little prick. The entire fill took seconds and he had no problem finding the port.

I'm pretty lucky since I know that my doctor's (Dr. Ren) nurse practitioner has more experience than most doctors. He even gave a seminar a month ago to many doctors on how to administer fills.

I can feel my port and so can the np, which makes it really easy for him to give me my fills.

I lost almost 20 pounds over the last 6 weeks and they gave me a 1 cc fill.

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Alex

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Banded in NYU by Dr. Ren
7/17/03 255
Currently 172

Alexandra

Cool, Alex! It's nice to know it can go smoothly, though you did have your fill from the best of the best.

What prompted the fill? 20 lbs in 6 weeks seems like a great loss. Does Dr. Ren schedule one automatically at 6 weeks, or did your weight loss stop progressing? And do you feel any different now?

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~~ Alexandra
banded 8/20/03 -- Dr. Abkin, Morristown NJ
band removed 4/9/07 due to slippage REbanded 8/13/07

340 highest / 210-ish lowest / 255-ish now / 200? maybe?
5'10" -- size 28/30 then, 16/18 now, heading downward once again

glenda6

I am glad to hear your fill went well. I have my 1st on Thursday this week. My surgeon does it 4 weeks post - regardless. I am already down 22lb in 4 weeks.

Hope mine goes so smoothly.

Glenda

sunshine531

I'm getting ready for my first fill and am wondering what to expect after. At the present time, I feel I have no restriction and can eat anything and everything. Have lost 19 pounds in 4 weeks, but now am hungry most of the time. Not gaining but not losing either. Really using my will power to not gain. What should I expect after I get my fill?