Hey guys, thanks for stopping to read this. It means the world to have support!

So I'm 20 years old, and I had lap band a month ago. My doctor, Robert Davis, is a wonderful surgeon, but refuses to give a lidocaine shot before the fill! He didn't tell me this until AFTER my first fill...when he jammed that needle in there like it was nothing. I will be honest, there were MAJOR tears...I felt like a baby but it was the worst thing I have EVER gone through...and this is coming from a girl who has had more stitches in her life that anyone else i know! I have to go back on the 15th of August for the next fill and I am literally dreading it. How am I supposed to stay committed to this when the fill is like being stabbed??? Also, I'm still hungry after this fill. I feel like I could eat whatever I want...and after everything I went through, that makes me SO MAD. HELLLPPPP!

Imperfect- asked the doctor the same question at my fill today. You are overeating and when the pouch stretches a bit it presses on the nerve that radiates pain to your shoulder. Also, sounds like you aren't restricted enough if you are able to fill up the pouch that quickly and with enough food to radiate shoulder pain. I know because I suffer from the exact same thing prior to my 2nd fill today, I could eat an entire bagel in under 5 min. Then, 5 or 10 min later the shoulder pain started and lasted hours. I am a low BMI bandster and I don't eat masses of food, but just too much for the pouch. I am hopeful that this fill works! Have a size 6 dress hanging in my closet with a goal date of 6/15!

Thanks for the info!!!!!!! I never got pain in my shoulder til after my first fill........................so maybe I am eating more than my fill allows................I will cut back and see if that helps.....................but Im not eating alot period.................LOL