Does it hurt to get a fill? Needles don't bother me. I am the kind of person that does better if I know what is going to happen but wonder if it is painful?

no pain, all goes well

the only pain I experience is from the initial smaller needle with the numbing agent. It stings really bad.

One thing you need to know about me is I'm a complete wimp about pain. My pain tolerance is VERY VERY LOW. In fact many family members and a few drs have mocked me.

And I can tell you from my experience...a fill does not hurt. It's more of a tugging I think. Like Jack, my dr doesn't fill under floro. He feels about, gets the needle in place, it's a weird feeling when he sinks the needle into the covering on the port. He draws all the Fluid out, then either puts back in a smaller amount or puts back in more depending (I've had both fills and unfills). It feels WEIRD cuz you can feel that fluid going in there.

But hurt? Nah. Easy peasy.

It feels like it does when you have your blood drawn.

I get my fills done under floro but I don't look. I usually put my hands over my eyes that way I don't panic about he size of the needle. It helps me. My doctor had gotten it on the first try (thank god)

Here's a vid on youtube showing the procedure...it looks like....eh...'fun'

[ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=nwBrOoqRVhg]YouTube - 8 second lap band fill[/ame]

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that my DOCs video... just had it done last week by him

It doesnt hurt a bit :-) I didnt even know he did it.

i have had two fills - the first time the doc used the numbing agent and that actuallly stung a little but the fill part did not hurt. the second fill was done by a different doc and he did not use the numbing agent at all. i prefer the second technique as there was no pain at all just a weird feeling of having a needle hang out of your body while he gets to the right fill level.

I have had two fills and prefer the numbing agent to me a bee sting hurts worse than the fills and my were done under xray

Here's a vid on youtube showing the procedure...it looks like....eh...'fun'

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WOW- :help: Those are some photos!!! The one of the LB (surgery)

was kind of hard to watch, but interesting also.

Thank you Everyone!!

I like to here how it really is rather then just waiting to find out.

I just had my third fill today! No pain. Like someone else said...it's basically a "pinch" and doesn't feel any worse than getting bloodwork done. You had an IV put in for surgery, right? Well, you survived that and this seems less invasive to me because you can see them doing the IV whereas a fill is on your belly and you basically lay there!! You'll do great! Don't worry!

I am looking folward to my next fill. I like seeing the flouroscope of my band in place (no slip) and the right amount of restriction. No guess work as to how much to add.

I nearly passed out the first time I tried to have a fill, but not because it hurt! I was just so nervous about it hurting!

You have very few nerve endings on your belly, so add the numbing agent to that and you really don't feel a thing!