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First Fill Yesterday! (73 days since surgery)

So I had my appointment yesterday for my first fill. I haven't had much time to get nervous about it. All last week I was out on a 5 day cruise out of Galveston to Progresso and Cozumel. My first cruise ever. If I could I'd travel like that ALL THE TIME!! I mean everywhere (to the grocery store, to and from work, etc!) :wub:

 

But even better was that I continued to lose weight while on the cruise! The tech at Dr Carters office said that simply did not happen. Even Dr Carter mentioned it was impressive since I had no restriction in the band at all. So I'm feeling pretty good right now. :thumbup:

 

I ended up getting about 2 cc's at this first fill. He didn't deaden it or anything. It was pretty cool to watch it on the fluoroscope, too. (I'm a geek, what can I say...)

 

I had been slightly concerned that it would hurt. It wasn't bad. The actual injection stung a bit, kind of like a tetanus shot. The wiggling of the port just felt kind of funky. He was bumping the port around (to get out air bubbles?) and I asked him if he had inserted a bongo drum by mistake.

 

A couple of hours later I felt some mild nausea, but nothing terrible. The shot still stings a little this morning, too.

 

I'm looking forward to trying to having the weight loss pick up a little now. Its been really slow so far. Now, to find myself a job so I can continue to afford the fills!

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LoseIt!

LAP-BAND Patients

Wow...losing weight on a cruise is super impressive. Go you!!

sandradee0124

LAP-BAND Patients

Congratulations! Hope you feel better today; and good luck on the job hunt.........

mezzo

LAP-BAND Patients

Ditto!!! I wish you much success!!

ladybug on a mission

LAP-BAND Patients

Congratulations on doing all the right things on the cruise to be able to continue to lose weight! Good Luck on the job hunt, I hope your perfect job pops up for you!

marw

LAP-BAND Patients

You rock! :-)

clohse

LAP-BAND Patients

Thanks so much for the encouragement!

The weight loss makes me feel really good, but the job loss... not so much! I'm doing the substitute teaching thing now, but even so we are still limping through the month on half our normal income!

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