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weightisover    4

weightisover
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After much dread, I had my first fill today and it was nothing....simple...painless...

For some reason I built this up in my head as something to dread. 20 yrs ago I had an amnio from heck. After many attempted tries, my ob/gyn could not get the needle through the placenta. She had to reschedule me for another day to again attempt it. It was not a pleasant experience therefore I didn't reschedule. I would not have aborted my child anyway so saw no sense in trying again...I digress...

Sooo, when my doc was preparing the needle, I didn't look at it. He wiped me with some alchohol and said 'quick pinch" and stuck the needle in. I thought he was numbing me. NOT! He was filling me. It took all of 20 seconds and voila' it was done. What a waste of energy worrying about nothing. I'm on full liquids the rest of the day. Ahh, what a relief!:thumbup:

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AZChick289    1

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Thank-you Thank-you for the post.. I am on my way for my first fill in a few hours. Like you were I am nervous .. Just htinking about the big needle.. This has made me so at ease and needed to read it just at this time.. I will so be glad to have this behind me ...

Thanks again ...

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barbara9460    1

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Well, I finally got my first fill yesterday. Last minute dash to Zhills from Tampa because Dr. Krish had an emergency in the afternoon. It was sure a strange feeling when he put the saline in the band - felt like my stomach was doing a backflip! When I sat up and drank the Water it got stuck immediately. Boy did that hurt. After a bit we settled on 3cc's. The whole procedure was essentially pain free - love that freezing cold numbing spray. It was such a strange sound when he was trying to hit the right spot on the port. That was pretty freaky - the human body wasn't supposed to make noises like that!

I thought that after the band, stomach B would shut-up and leave me alone, but it's making so much noise! I am so darn hungry right now - so I'll go drink some broth or eat some Jello. I feel like the band is wide open right this minute, but I'm sure after the broth I'll feel more full.

Have a happy 4th everybody! Hugs to all!

Barbara

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Harkingluv    0

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OK...I thought I maybe my band wasn't tight enough. I got my first fill yesterday and my Dr. told me that the band would feel tighter today, but I am starving!!! I have had tea and coffee today (that's it), but I have a bad headache and feel like my blood sugar is low. Ughhh. Thanks for the reminder about the Jello...I think I will go have some right now =). So I guess this is how we are supposed to feel until we eat some mushies tomorrow.

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