My first Fill

[FeelingGroovy 2]

I posted this is Post Op but thought I would post here too...

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

[Jodi_620 37]

Congrats on your first fill! (not as bad as you imagined, right?)

[Miss_A 11]

Glad your first fill went well. I had my first fill on March 10th. I have an 11cc band and was given 5 1/2 cc's. Like you, I was also able to feel the saline go into the port and into the band. My doc looked at me like I was crazy when I told him I could feel it. Hahaha. He had me lay down on the examination table and had me raise both my legs in the air and hold them there while he stuck the needle in and injected the saline. It wasn't until after he took the needle out and had me sit up did I drink some Water. Thankfully, the Water went down fine.

I also go back in 6 weeks. Good luck!

[JakerT5 8]

Just got my first fill today , go back in two weeks for another

[JennEdge 2]

I too received my first fill this last Friday. It was strange because I COULD feel the saline going through the tube into the band...maybe it has something to do with the saline being a different temperature from the rest of my body. I was scared to death at first - but it was virtually painless. I did notice that I felt some bubbles in my chest afterward...maybe just the saline settling. I go for my second fill on April 16th - four weeks apart. The doctor held the needle in place and they had me take a sip of barium out of a straw so they could take another image to see that it went through the band. All-in-all the whole process took maybe 5 minutes - if that. I was then told to go out into the outer room and drink some Water. As long as it went down with no problems I could go. I'm just today at the point where I can have mushies again, so I'm not sure if I feel any restriction or not. I guess I'll find out tomorrow when I get to be on an unrestricted diet again.