first fill, it was a LONG drive home.

[ASM 4]

I drove for 5 hours yesterday and got my first fill. Found out that I already had 2.5cc in my 10cc band. I got 2 more. They had me drink a full glass of Water after, it was fine. But I woke up at the hotel this morning, tight. I managed to get my fluids down and a small serving of Cream of the West (whole grain hot wheat cereal) that was thinned down. That is it. The trip home took 6.5 hours, had such a headache I took liquid acetaminophen but then I had to stop and take a 45 minute snooze in a restaurant parking lot. Then at the next town I stopped to have coffee. Then the next town I stopped for a lady's room. Then there wasn't another town for over 3 hours. Can you tell I live a bit beyond the middle of no where?

Anyway, I'm tight but I think I will be fine in a few days. And fortunately tomorrow is a holiday so I can take it easy. I do hope I can go months before I need another fill. That trip will be much worse when winter sets in, it was already slushie.

The really good news was that I'm down 30 lbs since I decided to get this done, and 21 lbs since I went to my first appointment.

Edited November 11, 2010 by ASM

[bayareanan 24]

I am glad you were successful in getting the fill, especially with the distance you had to drive. I am in the burbs of Dallas but it still takes me an hour to get to my doctors office.

[ASM 4]

Thanks. We live in eastern Montana. The only things here are cattle and wheat. It is 150 miles to shop anywhere other than Walmart. It is almost 320 miles to the only hospital in the state that is "a center of excellence" in bariatric surgery.

[Borchers 0]

I'm really nervous about getting my first fill.

[ASM 4]

Borcher, It wasn't bad at all. The worst was the shot to numb it before they did the fill. That was just a pinch. The fill itself was just pressure a couple of times til the nurse got it in.