Im scurred! :blushing: 1 o'clock!

Don't be scared!!! I had my first fill about a month ago! No biggie!!! The nurse numbed the skin first so I really didn't feel a thing. I got 4cc and this is doing me good so far.

They dont numb the skin at my surgery center! I wish!

so.....how'd it go?

reallllly bad. Ill go into details when I get home from work. All I gotta say is it was traumatizing.:thumbup: There were problems.

Had my first fill today. Went fine. Piece 'o cake.... (probably a bad choice of words considering I now want a piece o cake :biggrin: ). No numbing required. Doc said the numbing hurt worse than just doing it and made it harder for him to find the port due to the swelling from the lidocane. It was a big 'ole nasty looking needle but I had to ask if he already had it in because I truly didnt feel a thing.

No worries folks...

reallllly bad. Ill go into details when I get home from work. All I gotta say is it was traumatizing.:biggrin: There were problems.

Uh oh. I go for my first fill on Thursday @ NWWLS (I was banded by Dr. Michaelson)

I was thinking it was going to be a breeze, and I've been looking forward to it, since I've admittedly put a bit of weight back on since surgery (on 4/17).

Now I'm worried...

The short of my first fill was, audrey couldnt find my port. She poked me with a needle 9 times, pressing on it, and found out I also have a lot of scar tissue. So into the xray I go to get the fill. She couldnt get it in with the xray either, so she called the head nurse Jessie in, (whos amazing!) and she poked me 10 times and dug around and felt like she was jumping up and down on the same spot 23445 times. At this point I started to freak out a ltitle, and DR montgomery had to come in and get the big ass needle, he numbed me up witht he lidocaine (bless him!!!!!) and in 10 seconds he was done. Apparently my port is deep, (I carry a lot of weight in my front apparantly) and Ihave a lot of scar tissue. And you have to get the needle directly into the center of the port at an angle and the nurses like couldnt get it. So Dr M is doing my fills now. He did my second one weds the 14th and it went smooth sailing. Handsome surgeon. Heh.

/swoon

Ive def got restriction now Im at 6cc in my 10cc band.

Oh man. That is sooo not cool. Did you feel pretty beat up after all that??

Yeah I did actualy. I was really bruised over my port site, and I have a panic disorder so I kind of leaked tears through the whole thing, and then when I made it out to my car I lost it. I did go back to work through.

I'm so glad your second fill experience was better!

Oh, wow. No wonder you were so upset. That sounds AWFUL. I'm sorry it was such a traumatic experience, and I really hope things go more smoothly from now on. I was banded by Dr. Michaelson, but I've seen Dr. Montgomery walking around the building.

Audrey actually did my fill on Thursday, and the entire appointment was maybe 15-20 minutes long with the fill itself taking less than 5 minutes. I thought she was great, really informative, and easy to talk to. I have an appointment with Deanna and then two more with Audrey, in the coming weeks (thought it was interesting that they scheduled three of them so closely together, rather than waiting to see if I'd need another fill, but I appreciate that they want you to be on top of finding that "sweet spot" as quickly as possible)

Best of luck to you!

^ They did that to me too, with the scheduling. They made 3 apts 3 weeks out in a row- I cancelled my one for this thurs but am keeping the one on the 29th. I PB'd yesterday on a veggie omlette I didnt chew well enough again.... I think my restriction is pretty close to my sweet spot. I like Audrey shes really nice, but Im glad that Dr Montgomery is doing my fills for the time being because I have a puppy crush on him lolol