lizeth3498

I can do sit ups--it doesn't bother the port. My surgeon just told me last week that the more that muscle heals up in there-and the stronger I get, the less I'll feel the port. My surgeon doesn't do the fills right in the office like the videos on youtube. ( I watched those too!) Mine does them in the radiology dept with a live x-ray machine so he watches on the screen as he fills it. He gives me about 3 little numbing shots (that's the worst part) and then a "BIG" needle goes in for the actual fill, but you don't feel that at all. I always get a nasty bruise after my fill and the site is sore for a few days, but nothing that's not worth having the band! :-)

I've had 3 fills now....I asked him why they "wear off." He laughed and said they don't wear off...as you lose weight, you lose weight on the inside too...which makes the band loosen up. I'm down 46 pouns right now...feeling great!