I had my first fill yesterday! (10/02/08) By the way for all you new bansters out there who have not seen how they do a fill or the needle they use, you’re in for a treat!

The needle is F****ing huge! WOW:ohmy:

My Surgeon is moving his office to Queens NY and I am located in Brooklyn NY. It would be such a project just to get my fills and check ups from his new office, so I am staying at his old office with the other surgeon. He is a nice guy but I wish Dr. Castro my surgeon was still there. I don’t know why but I feel this closeness to my surgeon....does anyone else have that special comfort from the surgeon who took care of you? Maybe it's just because after surgery he was there visiting me like a family member, always checking up on me? Or maybe it's because he is the most adorable nerdy guy I ever met:biggrin:. What ever it is I wish I could follow him to his other office with out having to take a whole day off of work just to get there.

Well I got to the office yesterday at 3:00p.m for my fill with the new Dr. and he said I am loosing the right about of weight at the perfect speed. I lost 6 lbs. in 2 weeks and he thinks this is the right pace for things.

I explained how I feel no restriction and that I am feeling hungry only a little while after eating. He decided to give me a small fill and see how things go with that. He was going to give me only 1/2 a cc i guess that would be 0.5. WHen I first saw what he was going to use to give me the fill i said Umm where do you think your going to stick that? Holy crap I am so out of here!

Thank God for my Fiance...With out him I wouldnt have been able to go through surgery or the fill! (I'm such a baby:frown:)

He had a little trouble with getting the right spot at first and when he finally got it he first put 1 cc in and out to make sure he got the right area. Once he seen it was 100% correct he made me drink a cup of water. I didn’t feel anything different so he changed his mind and left me with a 1cc fill, and wants to see me again in 1 month. (Unless I start vomiting, in which case i would see him sooner)

In any case I plan on doing my best possible now to ensure maximum weight loss before my next check up. I would like to hold out for as long as possible with out a fill.... I thought about something, if your band can hold 10cc of fluid but you’re not yet at your goal weight then what? They can’t keep making it tighter, there's no room left at that point.... so what you’re stuck with a full band and not loosing anymore weight??? I don't want that for me. So with that being said I hear by promise myself to eat more salad's and less pasta, I promise to be more conscience of what I am eating, how much and when!

Any way good luck to everyone out there who is just getting started, thinking about surgery and those of you who have surpassed my stage and are doing great!

Did the fill hurt? Where do they put that needle?? I had no idea they did it that way. Just beginign the journey!!