I had my first fill today and now have 5.4cc in my 14cc band. So far I do not feel all that different but that is not unusual. Every step gets me closer to the goal and for that I am satisfied. I have my 2nd fill scheduled for May 2nd. Nothing like going in for a fill on my birthday! But on the other hand, what a nice gift to give myself.

Hi was your fill painful. I watched some fills on youtube and the needle looks HUGE! I'm not that concerned about the actualy surgery, but the fills are having me biting my nails. Did you get a numbing agent. What should I expect?

I had my first fill today and now have 5.4cc in my 14cc band. So far I do not feel all that different but that is not unusual. Every step gets me closer to the goal and for that I am satisfied. I have my 2nd fill scheduled for May 2nd. Nothing like going in for a fill on my birthday! But on the other hand, what a nice gift to give myself.

Jennifer....I have heard that the numbing shots are painful and if you think about it....why get a shot you can feel to get a shot you can't feel? Either way you are going to get a shot you can feel so ya might just as well go for it. I am glad my office does not do a numbing shot first. There was hardly any pain at all. It was simply just a needle poke and after that, nothing painful at all. The worst for me was the 3 sips of barium and even that was not terrible.

Let's just say the not knowing and the stress of anticipating the first fill was way way way worse then the actual experience. You would do just fine, I am sure!

Fills are easy to work yourself up over but aren't bad at all, like Elizabeth said. I've had three total and I still get a little anxious about them but they don't hurt. My office will do a numbing shot first, if you want one but I have never done that. I also don't have to drink barium afterwards. They do a fill, I sit up and drink some water and make sure it's all going down. If she needs to take some out, she will. If not, then she takes the needle out and I'm done. It seriously takes a few minutes. Don't be scared