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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.

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

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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!!"

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