The doctor appointment went great. He did it in the office, no fluro, no x-ray, whatever. It went by like a breeze. Put 6cc in the 14cc band. Well, he didn't make me drink Water or anything, just said okay, and sent me on my way. So, I went to my car and drank a few tiny sips of water. They went down fine. On my way back to work I started having gurgly burps and I figured they'd go away. I felt fine other than that. Well, as time went on I started feeling really tight in my chest, then it got to the point of a horrible pain radiating out through my chest. I was like okay, this is going to get better, it's going to get better. I kept telling myself that and hoping it would. Well it didn't. So, I finally called my mom and asked her to come and get me and take me back to the doctors office. By that point I had no color in my face and was starting to believe that maybe it had slipped or something. I couldn't breathe, I could barely swallow, and the pain was unbearable to the point of feeling like I was dying. He tried to do it in the office, which took multiple sticks that I could feel very painfully, then decided to go to x-ray. I had to sit in the lobby over there for what felt like forever, though I'm sure it wasn't long. Mom was really worried I was going to pass out because I was so pale. He decided to take all of the Fluid out, though he asked me if I wanted to leave some of it in and I asked him what he thought since he was the doctor and he said take it all out. So I'm going to go back on Tuesday and they're going to put like 3cc in instead of 6cc. It was scary.

Honestly, I think it all could have been avoided if my doctor was a bit more thoughtful about it all and more pro-active. He didn't even make me drink anything at all in the office or anything.

I'm glad you are okay now. That sounds very scary and IMO not very professional of your doctor. He should never assume that what works for one will work for all. I hope your fill next week goes better.

I have been instructed not to drink anything for 8 hours before my fill and not to eat 4 hours before my fill - does this sound like everyone else or different? My first fill will be in June.

I have never been given any eating or drinking rules for my fills (6 total) - I eat and drink normally before them. I have done fine. I'm not sure what drinking before a fill would do.

Jbperry,That was just way crazy man! No wonder you almost passed out! Sounds like you had trapped air in your chest. I had a fill with the whole sha bang and at one point we were amazed that only 0.5 ccs made the difference between the fluid staying put or refluxing and flowing right through with no problems whatsoever. It is IMMM-possible to get the corect fill without the fluro-thingy.No wonder the lap-band is the least recommended weight-loss surgery because the fly-by-night doctors don't want to invest in the proper equipment that is necessary to make the thing work! I would find a proper center with the right equipment if I had gone through that. The audasity(sp.?) of that dr. to be asking you whether or not you wanted him to take all out. Shows how professional he is. Has he never heard of medication to numb the area a.k.a local anesthesia? Make sure you ask for, no demand that next time.Hope your second try was much better. Keep us posted.