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First fill experience
May 22, 2009
I had my first fill this morning. It went really well. I was most nervous about drinking the stuff as I had the fill in radiology under fluroscopy. When I was in the waiting room, they were bringing these big jugs of white pasty stuff for people to drink. I didn't know what they were having done, so I assumed it was what I would have to do. Turned out they were having cat scans, so I was good.I went back to the room and changed into a gown. Stood in front of the machine and they took some pictures to be sure they could locate my port. They marked my port and then numbed the site. Then inserted the big needle (it was pretty big). I felt a bit more than I expected, then the numbing stuff kicked in. They moved the machine up so they could watch my stomach and I took a drink of the stuff. I could see the liquid go quickly through my stomach. She put 2 CCs in and I took another drink. It went through quickly again. She put in two more CCs and I took a drink and it stopped completely. She took a bit out and felt the restriction was good.
The stuff I had to drink wasn't bad at all. I was worried. When she took the needle out, I had a bit of bleeding. She said that wasn't normal, but my BP meds may be the cause.
I came home and ate just a little bit - I was starving when I got home and the little bit I ate was fine. I have to eat soft foods today and tomorrow and then back to normal. I can feel a difference when I eat now, so we'll see what I am able to eat from here on out. Restriction here I come!!
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About Me
Columbus, OH
Location
35.7
BMI
Surgery
04/08/2009
Surgery Date
Mar 30, 2008
Member Since
