I am 5 weeks post-surgery, (I was banded on Dec 18, 2014) and today I went for my first fill.

I was not overly nervous, but I will admit to dreaming a couple of nights ago that I climbed up on the table and a one-eyed Doctor took out a massive amniocentesis needle, squinted at my tummy, then said, lifting up the needle to plunge it in, "Let's hope we hit it!" (referring to my port) and plunged the 18 inch needle in. I woke up in a cold sweat!

So...ok. Maybe a 'wee' bit worried about my first fill.

Today was a breeze. I lay down on the examination table while the nurse filled the syringe with saline. Up went my top, she palpated my upper abdomen for a split second, found my port right away, disinfected the site, told me to take a deep breath, and boom, the needle was in. I didn't even feel it. NOT KIDDING. There was not so much as that awful "pinchy" feeling you get with a shot in the arm. There was no [ain, no discomfort, no sensation whatsoever. She may as well have brushed a feather over my tummy. Weird.

The nurse drew back the Fluid from the port to see what I had been banded with - ends up it was 4.1 ccs. Based on my answers to the 'length of satiety?' between meals questions asked prior to my hopping up on the table, she added another .5cc to my band.

A bandaid, a few sips of Water, a goodbye.

Easy!

Great news! Good luck with your fill!!

Haha much less trauma than the dream. I remember getting my fills. They weren't so bad at all.