Pulling the needle out!

[witchbabe 0]

Hello May bandsters. I wanted to know how everyone else feels when the needle is pulled out after your fill. I feel a pull and a pop in my throat. Makes me want to vomit.

[neverB4 2]

I don't feel anything. Matter of fact, I had to ask if he was done last time :smile2:

[witchbabe 0]

Maybe it depends where your port is. Mine is right above my belly button.

[neverB4 2]

Mine's a few inches below my right breast. When I stand, it sticks out like a hernia!!

[witchbabe 0]

Thats awful! I feel bad for you. Its not suppose to stick out.

[neverB4 2]

Yep, that's what they said in my pre-op class. So in our last support grp mtg, I stood up and showed the nurse who said it as well as asked if anybody else had it the same way. No one responded! My PA said once I lose more in my tummy area, it could shift and move back in some. We shall see. And I also plan on asking my surgeon when I see him in Oct. Until then, I get a kick out of letting people feel it when they reply "Are you serious?" when i tell them I got the band (upon them asking me how I'm losing the weight, that is).

[neverB4 2]

Oh witchbabe, forgot to mention to you, I'm a nurse too and it could be the person is not holding the plunger down on the needle while withdrawing it from your port, causing a "suction" as it is, which would could be causing those feelings.

[Lunabeane 2]

My first two fills didn't hurt at all...but this last one felt very uncomfortable. Also...my port has always been quite noticable. It gets more and more pronounced as I lose weight.

[neverB4 2]

Oh my Lunabeane...mine is too after all!! I'll be curious to hear what Dr. A has to say when I see him in a few wks.

"GO PORTS!!"