Does anyone use a numbing cream on your port prior to getting a fill?

No meds at all,my doctor has me slightly lift my head when he puts the needle in, it really doesn't hurt

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my doc gives me a quick shot with a needle that i say is air compressed, cuz that's what it sounds like. which feels like a quick pinch. the needle used for the actual fill is so huge i REFUSE to look at it when he's doing it. now mind you all i feel is pressure and nothing else but just the thought really freaks me out. lol

I used to get a shot of freezing because I was so afraid of the pain but I am also afraid of needles. Just getting that shot would take 10 minutes of me freaking out.

After a few fills my doc got tired of it and tried to convince me to try just once with no freezing. It took about 20 minutes to convince me but I tried it ( his nurses had to hold me down a bit so I would move) but it didnt hurt at all.

I skipped the freezing from there on in to avoid the extra needle poking