okay so first off let me just say, i've had two major hip surgeries. both took about a month to recover from, plus i delivered my son vaginally (cant spell) so I AM NO STRANGER TO PAIN!!!

............................i just cant stand needles:bored:.im 22 years old and i still cry at the thought of them.lol

im not changing my mind about this,I AM GETTING THE LAP BAND, i just want to know how bad do they hurt? i just watched a you tube video and almost threw up.lol.

any stories or tips would be appreciated. i also know that some docs numb first. but i think that might even be worse! i mean 2 NEEDLES. are you kidding me?!?!?

i've had 6 fills so far,sometimes they were very uncomfortable,once even painful,but sometimes i felt no pain at all,but the good thing is they are quick

did they numb you first?

I had my first fill a little over a week ago. I got a little green and clammy when they were first looking for my port; I was only 6 weeks post-op so I'm still a little swollen (and, let's face it, fat) over my port. However, the needle itself was not particularly painful, no worse than having blood drawn, and it was over quickly. On the good-reasons-to-stress-o-meter, it's maybe a 3.

thanks fang!

i can handle blood being drawn. it never hurts. i just hate the needle.lol.

Many will numb before the fill. That's still a needle and it stings a little. Frankly, doing it without numbing isn't a big deal. It's still just one needle and it's a poke but not the stinging.

Coming from a needle phobe you do not feel anything during the fills. Ask the doctor to numb you prior to sticking the fill needle in because that needle is vey large. I've had 4 fills so far and I still get squeamish looking at the fill needle.

I haven't had a band fill yet, but for needles in general, my strategy is just not to look. I look at the wall in the other direction, etc. When you can't see it, it's better. (For me anyway...)

I had my first fill two days ago. 6 weeks post op and I was still swollen.

But it did not hurt. I was numbed first. Seriously no problem. Just a weird sensation when they hit the port and I felt the Fluid go in the band wich was seriously weird.........I felt the band tight all afternoon and that night which was uncomfortable but not painful.

I do have a nasty bruise above my port but it doesn't hurt.

No big deal!!!

I'm not banded yet, but I can't imagine the fills being any more difficult than the one-shot-a-day I have to give myself in the abdomen for my diabetes.

thanks everyone.

from the sound of it, it sounds like it wont be that bad.... and as for the not looking thing, i've tried that. but i always take a peek.lol. defeats the purpose i know.but i cant help it. oh well, im sure ill be just like everyone else and look forward to them.....hopefully:blush:

I got my first fill yesterday it was not that bad. My doctor numb the port area and it was over within 10 minutes. My doctor did his fill in the hospital in the radiology dept