Do any of you guys get any kind of numbing medication with fills? Mine really hurt to the point I was in tears. I heard from a few people that they have had numbing meds, is this true?

I've never had numbing medicine. Mine typically feel like a little mosquito bite. Except for one time when he stabbed alot & was bouncing the needle off the side of the port, not realizing it had flipped, that sort of smarted! alot!

Is there something wrong w/ the way yours is positioned for it to hurt so bad?

If yours hurt that much, something was wrong. Fills dont hurt when they're done properly. Nothing more than a needle prick in the skin.

really? well they were using big needles i don't know if that has anything to do with it..like big syringe needles..

There is absolutely no way I could get a fill without numbing medication. My port is tilted so it takes many many tries with the needle, we're talking probably 30 tries in one sitting. I can't imagine what it would feel like without being numb.

I'm sure you can request numbing medication, I doubt you're the only patient of theirs who has experienced pain.

I don't even feel my fills so no. I won't get stuck with a needle just to get stuck with a needle. If a fill is done right it shouldn't hurt but if there is something wrong with your port i could see why it would hurt if it took many times to get the needle in.

My doc offers it, but the way I figure it one way or the other I feel one needle stick, so I just get the fill.

so what do they do to numb it???? i am going for my first fill in 4 weeks i'll let you know what they do

so what do they do to numb it???? i am going for my first fill in 4 weeks i'll let you know what they do

My Dr. just gives me a few injections of numbing medication at the site around the port

Never needed it. Fills have never hurt for me.

My Dr. uses a spray on the site. Numbs it right up.

My port area is already numb from a nerve being cut during my surgery. All of my fills have been pain free. :tongue:

I've had 2 fills so far and I have gotten the numbing shot both times. My doctor only does fills by flouroscopy and it only takes 1 stick for the fill. I don't want to imagine what it would feel like without the numbing shot because of the pressure of him inserting the fill needle. Anyways, I am happy with my painless fills. I hope that yours get better because that pain could deter you from wanting to get a fill.

I just got my first fill yesterday and my dr. does NOT use the xray thing to do it. I got some lidocane which STUNG! and didn't feel the gigantic needle that he filled me with.

P.S. I got my first 1cc!

I've only had 3 fills and the hospital where I go, all the surgeons do the numbing agent but, my gawd, you should see the needle they use. I've went with my daughter who is banded also and her doctor uses a little needle and no numbing. But my surgeon/hospital has not done many bands so if they feel the need to numb, numb away

Trisha

My first doctor didnt use xray but did use lidicane injections. Never quite understood the whole needle to use a needle again. My new NP uses the spray numbing stuff (forgot what it is called) I like that much much better! She also uses an xray machine to see where my port is so she is able to get it right off. To the poor girl whos port is tilted, do you not worry about how many times they are penetrating the port? I thought I had read somewhere on here that there are a certain number times that it can be pricked......I know its in the thousands but if you are having to be stuck 30 times each fill, that would worry me!

Deanna:blush: