Going fir my first fill and I'm very nervous , does it hurt?

No! I had my first fill last Friday and it was SUPER easy and painless. I was so nervous they had to take my blood pressure twice! Ask them to numb the area and it will be done in about a minute. You will do great! The best part is that in the 7 days since my fill I have lost 4 days without even trying. I just don't feel hungry and am really enjoying working out.

No worries, just think about all that weight you are going to lose!!!

My fills have never hurt at all. Quick, easy, and painless.

I will have my first fill next Monday. My weight loss has slowed down and it was more and more difficult to control my appetite I hope that the filling will help. What I am not sure is how do they know how much to inject. I hear that everybody has a different first fill amount.

Thank you everyone you had put me at ease as I'm waiting in the waiting room abd heather I'm in the same boat as u, my weight loss has been veryyyy slow and I get hungry quick after a meal hoping this fill will give a kick :/

I will have my first fill next Monday. My weight loss has slowed down and it was more and more difficult to control my appetite I hope that the filling will help. What I am not sure is how do they know how much to inject. I hear that everybody has a different first fill amount.

i had my first fill yesterday.. didn't hurt at all and was over before i expected the nurse was laughing when she said i was done. i guess i had a WTF look on my face.. as for how do they know how much to put in? they actually pull everything out first measure what is there and then make a decision on that and how things have been. for me i had 4cc from when the band was put in. but have felt no restriction so they added 2ccs.

you will do fine. as long as they numb you first you won't feel a thing.

Thank you Intelirish! That was helpful info.

Got my fill it really was a piece of cake no pain just a lil pressure if anything I started with nothing and now I have 3cc I'm hoping ill have more restriction

I'm going for my first fill on November 11th and have been wondering if it was going to be painful. I cannot wait to feel some restriction. I have none now and it's getting incredibly hard to control my hunger....aaagh. I guess this is the time known as bandster hell!

I will let you know, Nikki tomorrow evening how my first filling went. Everybody says that it is a piece of cake. I am not afraid of the injection, I am more afraid of the swallow test afterward

Do not look at needle u will be fine

Thank you

. I am not afraid of the injection, I am more afraid of the swallow test afterward

the only swallow test i had to do was to sip a warm cup of Water for 5mins to make sure it went down.. not sure i got any restriction from this fill though i guess that some what to be expected as it was my first.. though i have only eaten mush food so far so hard to tell..

Ok. I can report now that my first fill really did not hurt and was not a big deal. They were very careful and took an Xray of my chest before the fill. Then the radiologist identified the port through the Xray and marked it for the Nurse Practitioner. Then she inserted the needle - and yes, I felt a pinch for 3-5 seconds- then I felt some pressure at the port while she was injecting the 2ml water into it. After all of this, there was a swallow test, I had to drink the white fluid and they took pictures while standing and laying on the table. I had to wait at least 1 hour before this and the whole procedure was done in less than 15 minutes. They said that they always inject 2 ml the first time and after that there will use 1 ml increments.

WOW! Am glad I stopped in. Had my first fill about 1 week now. Had 3cc in to start. She took all fluid out to start and then put 2 more cc in so total of 5 cc's. But I am not feeling any restriction yet and am not loosing any weight. Kinda down mood as I thought I would be really seeing something happen now and I am not!! After 2 weeks, if I am still like this - I'm going to call and see if they can get me in earlier for another fill. This is worthless if it don't work. I'm sure it will if they just fill me up enough.