My first 2 fills were a breeze. One prick and in 5 minutes it was over. However, yesterday I wasn't so lucky. The doc had a hard time finding the "spot". I wasn't poked more than once, but he did a lot of digging with the needle. Today I hurt.:tongue_smilie: Im guessing that should be expected, right?

Thanks!

Yep. I had one hard fill, took about 20 minutes of digging around, and for a few days after I felt like I had been kicked. And had some nice bruising, to boot.

ive never had this problem. knock on wood... im usually tender after a normal fill. i had to go in a few days ago to get some unfilling and that really hurt. it was only a 2 day gap between the fill and unfill. i was really sore from the extra poking. is the needle larger than a normal needle or what? normally shots dont bother me but that thing feels like an epidural needle.

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt and burned it.

My last fill SUCKED. He dug and dug with the needle until I couldn't take it anymore, so he pulled out the needle, gave me a bit of a breather (he has me do a crunch while he's doing the fill for easier access to the port), and on the second stick, it went right in. I've been a big baby about it since then, and have been putting off another fill, which I think is now overdue.

momof1 - it doesn't happen that often. In my case I needed an emergency unfill and the on-call surgeon had never done a fill before. He kept thinking he had hit the port, but missing it, so instead of pulling the needle out and repoking, he'd kind of push the needle (in me) one way, and pull my body the other, like he was trying to force it to go a different direction. I've never had a fill experience like that before, and doubt I'll have another.