When did you guys get your first fill after banding surgery?

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At 2 weeks.

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Oh wow!! I'm not getting mine until 6 weeks post surgery

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I guess two weeks isn't unheard of, but four-six are pretty standard. I don't recall how long I waited (this month is my seventh surgery anniversary), but it was no fewer than four. weeks. Another thing is that some surgeons are more aggressive than others.

At four weeks

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@@drawls6u Geezzzz that was so long ago.... i want to say 4-6 weeks. And no it didn't hurt one bit. I was scared more about that then the surgery...... my WLS places a rolled pillow under the back which makes the port extend up and easier to find.

but many dr. do it other ways too...

@@bayougirlmrsc where is your port located?

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@@drawls6u before the TT it was right under my left boob.... now its right above my belly button.

And no it didn't hurt one bit. I was scared more about that then the surgery...... my WLS places a rolled pillow under the back which makes the port extend up and easier to find.

Mine hurt when I was pierced by the needle and that was all. I wasn't scared, but many people are. To me it was more of a curiosity. I lie on the exam table and do a slight crunch to make the port more accessible. As soon as the needle is in the port, I relax my body. Some practices do fills under fluoroscope so that they have an image of the port under the skin. It's routine at some offices and at others only when an individual's port is harder to stick.

It was interesting to me to learn through the years that ports are all over the place. Mine is approx 5" above and 2" to the right of my belly button. One person told me that hers is high on the left, above the breast. I dunno.

Mine is above my left breast. Just curious if anyone else had theirs located there

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