First Fill

[FeelingGroovy 2]

I am just over 4 weeks post op and had my first fill yesterday. All went wekk. Not much pain but very strange feeling.

The Dr started with a lanicane shot which burned like hell but was over quickly. Next he felt around for my port which was pretty easy since its very close to the surface. Thats odd in itself since I can always feel it and even see where it is. Dr says that's fine based on my weight.

Next the dr injected teh saline into the port. Its a very feeling b/c I could feel the Fluid entering the tube and band. It took only a few seconds to add 5cc's. That seems like a lot but the dr was comfortable with that. Not sure what I am now supposed to feel. I think there is some restriction but not sure what that should feel like. After the fill i drank about 8oz of Water to see how well it went down. I drank it down over about 5min. It seemed to go down just fine. I was told to see if it felt like the water was backing up or feel like it wasn't going down ok. Seemed like it went down ok.

While I was drinking the water the needle was still sticking in me incase the water didn't go down well and the dr needed to take out some fluid. Now that was weiered. I didn't like seeing the needle just hanging out...

All went well...the needle was taken out and now I am back to 2 days fluid, 2 days mush and 2 days soft food before going back to regular food. Today I'm a bit sore in the area but overall doing ok.

My next fill will be in 6 weeks. I hope to loose 6-8lbs by then.

Continued success to all.

Peace~

ally

[HeatherinCA 10]

Cool! My first fill was 5.5ccs. I thought it was weird, but now I'm glad I don't have to waste time going back getting 10 more fills.

[FeelingGroovy 2]

Cool! My first fill was 5.5ccs. I thought it was weird, but now I'm glad I don't have to waste time going back getting 10 more fills.

Thats what I figured...so what does restriction feel like to you? I'm not sure what I feel. Also were you a little sore after? I feel some pangs near my port or maybe near the band.