Got up bright and early and went to the Doc's for my first fill today. I'm not at all squeamish around needles but the area around my port is still a bit tender so the thought of being stuck in that spot did give me pause. I shouldn't have been concerned. The Physician's Assistant let me know beforehand that the tenderness is muscular in nature and located a bit deeper and around the sides of the port. The port itself is just below the skin and the needle doesn't go near that tender part. She was 100% correct - a bit of a pinch was all that I felt and no problems. 4 cc's in. Since its the first fill, some of the liquid stays in the tube between the port and band so the restriction is minimal. Still, I could feel the difference in drinking water. I'll spend a couple of days on liquid and mush again, then back to the stage 4 diet. Forward!

l am looking forward to my first fill in 4 weeks, but a little hesitant as l am worried it may be painful.

I'm really dreading a fill honestly.

I'm about three or four weeks post op and my Dr. offered me a fill at my two week follow up. I declined since I'm still losing weight on my own. I'd love to be able to get to goal without ever needing a fill.

Thanks for letting us know your fill experience though...

~David.

I has surgery on Aug 14, I was feeling like I might not need fills at all either, but it seems that once the swelling goes down..the hunger comes...although I have been losing close to 2 lbs per week. I just got my first fill Sat, but I hope to not need many fills

I also had my first fill today and I couldn't fill anything at the port site. However, they like to fill the band completely up (10 cc's) and then remove fluid. She said they just do this on the first fill. Omgish it was not pleasant. Once it got to 10 cc's I got nauseated and a little dizzy. The dizziness was probably bc I was trying not to breath. She ended up leaving 2 cc's and I go back in 2 weeks and then 2 weeks after that for my 2nd and 3rd fills.

I had a third fill scheduled for this past Tuesday at 8:30. For the second time in a row, the PA was late getting to the office, so I rescheduled. grrr.