Hi

I had my second fill yesterday and was amazed that the nurse that completed the fill withdrew all the liquid from my port and then placed it back in plus the increase. Is this normal?

It seems a really strange thing to do?

Surely deflating the band all the way would cause movement of the band?

It was so painful when she put the needle in. She explained that my port is really deep. Does anyone else have this problem?

When I had my first fill I had it under x-ray and it was completely pain free.

Positive though as it looks like the extra 1 ml has given me good restriction.

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I had six fills and in each and everytime I did it my doc took the liquid all out (they check if there was the same quantity they had put in last time or if some is missing) and put it all back in with an increase. It's really a very weird sensation... I'm with 8cc on a 10cc band.

my doc does it without x-ray, he's very experienced and he get's the needle on the correct spot on his first try, no poking around...

niki

Thank you this has put my mind at rest.

If only they explained as they were doing the procedure my mind would not go racing off.

Many thanks again

Like Niki said, it's totally normal!

This is indeed standard procedure!

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