Need Lap Band Buddy / Mentor I need a buddy I am gtetting 1st fill

[edlabr1969@yahoo.ca 0]

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HI I am new to this site. My name is Lori and I was banded in Dec 2008. I have my first fill appointment on March 2 2009. I have had no restriction and have been eating anything. I am really panicked I really need a buddy. I need someone to email me and let me know how its going.

Lori

[Mary Kay Lady 0]

Hey Lori!

I too was a bit panicked before my first fill as I didn't know what to expect. Now all docs are different, but mine numbed my abdomen before doing the fill, so there was just a brief needle pinch followed by a little burn of the med...and then I felt NOTHING else...at all!

My first fill was followed by my having to go over to the hospital for an abbreviated UGI (upper GI) series...all they did was have me put on a gown and drink a little bit of barium while they watched in go into my pouch and beyond. In my case the radiologist determined that the band was too tight and sent me back to the surgeon's office to have them take out a bit of the saline. And while they "numbed" my port site again - it was actually still numb from the first time.

So...the short verison of that is that I was so relieved that it was not as big a deal as I had myself worked up to believe!

Please let us know how it goes...I'll be thinking about you on the 2nd.

(My next fill is in a week from today.)

Edited February 20, 2009 by Mary Kay Lady
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