I go for my 1st fill on 3/18 and am starting to get a little nervous, can someone please explain to me what to expect when I get there and the steps that you go thru to get the fill. Do you feel something inside like it is actually tightening around your stomach? Details are appreciated. Thanks !!

You may get a quite a few different opinions on this. My doc has me lay down with a pillow under my lower back. Then he finds the port and inserts the needle. It is a pinch but not bad at all. Then he has me sit up and drink water while he removes the old fluid and replaces it with new fluid plus the additional fluid I need. I keep drinking the water until I feel a difference. Then he stops. I do not feel it at all when he takes out the needle. The whole thing takes about 10 minutes!! I consider this a piece of cake. Hope the info helps....... Hugs!!!!!

My doctor has me lay down, puts the fluroscope over me, and also feels for the port. He puts the needle in, and like Jojo said it feels like a pinch. But I feel a little pop. My dr said that's normal and actually gives them an extra confirmation that he is in the port. I then stand up and stand in front of the fluroscope, drink a swig of barium. Then the fluid goes in, and I drink water to make sure it's not too much. They pull the needle out, put a band aid over the spot, and I'm out the door. It takes my doctor maybe 5 minutes at the most to do my fills. It's not bad at all!!