Numbing medication with fills

[jessicakolman 3]

Do any of you guys get any kind of numbing medication with fills? Mine really hurt to the point I was in tears. I heard from a few people that they have had numbing meds, is this true?

[TwilightLover83 0]

I've never had numbing medicine. Mine typically feel like a little mosquito bite. Except for one time when he stabbed alot & was bouncing the needle off the side of the port, not realizing it had flipped, that sort of smarted! alot!

Is there something wrong w/ the way yours is positioned for it to hurt so bad?

[Jachut 487]

If yours hurt that much, something was wrong. Fills dont hurt when they're done properly. Nothing more than a needle prick in the skin.

[jessicakolman 3]

really? well they were using big needles i don't know if that has anything to do with it..like big syringe needles..

[milwif 0]

There is absolutely no way I could get a fill without numbing medication. My port is tilted so it takes many many tries with the needle, we're talking probably 30 tries in one sitting. I can't imagine what it would feel like without being numb.

I'm sure you can request numbing medication, I doubt you're the only patient of theirs who has experienced pain.

[reneek 1]

I don't even feel my fills so no. I won't get stuck with a needle just to get stuck with a needle. If a fill is done right it shouldn't hurt but if there is something wrong with your port i could see why it would hurt if it took many times to get the needle in.

[ParrotheadCathy 0]

My doc offers it, but the way I figure it one way or the other I feel one needle stick, so I just get the fill.

[lpglarry 1]

so what do they do to numb it???? i am going for my first fill in 4 weeks i'll let you know what they do

[milwif 0]

so what do they do to numb it???? i am going for my first fill in 4 weeks i'll let you know what they do

My Dr. just gives me a few injections of numbing medication at the site around the port

[REALIZEinCT 0]

Never needed it. Fills have never hurt for me.

[vonhelzing 3]

My Dr. uses a spray on the site. Numbs it right up.

[kiz 1]

My port area is already numb from a nerve being cut during my surgery. All of my fills have been pain free. :tongue:

[feelnew2 0]

I've had 2 fills so far and I have gotten the numbing shot both times. My doctor only does fills by flouroscopy and it only takes 1 stick for the fill. I don't want to imagine what it would feel like without the numbing shot because of the pressure of him inserting the fill needle. Anyways, I am happy with my painless fills. I hope that yours get better because that pain could deter you from wanting to get a fill.

[k-statearmywife 6]

I just got my first fill yesterday and my dr. does NOT use the xray thing to do it. I got some lidocane which STUNG! and didn't feel the gigantic needle that he filled me with.

P.S. I got my first 1cc!

[pennreporter 12]

I've only had 3 fills and the hospital where I go, all the surgeons do the numbing agent but, my gawd, you should see the needle they use. I've went with my daughter who is banded also and her doctor uses a little needle and no numbing. But my surgeon/hospital has not done many bands so if they feel the need to numb, numb away

Trisha