dolphin13glass
First fill on July 20
Aug 09, 2009
Well, my first fill was an expreience, to say the least! I drove myself to the office which is about an hour away from my home. I was extremely nervous and only had a protien shake that morning. The nurse came into the room and had me lay on the table. She was feeling around for my port and I told her that if she was having trouble finding it, I could stand up, as my port is very easy to feel when I'm standing. So, she said I could stand. I put a chair behind me because I have fainted before from needels. It's a good thing I did!!! She put in the needle, found the port and put in 3 cc's. I heard a swish sound and felt a tightening go up my throat. She said that was normal. I started to feel very dizzy and sat down. I told her I needed a drink and next thing I know, I'm waking up to smelling salts!!! That's right, I FAINTED!!! The most embarrasing part was that my bladder and bowels released while I was out!!! I was MORTIFIED!!!! And by myself!!! They let me clean up and put on some hospital gowns. The office is right beside an Urgent Care facility, so they put me in a wheel chair and took me there. The nurse thought I had a siezure. So.....the Urgent Care facility called 911. That's right, 911, then I got a ride to GBMC hospital in Baltimore. Yep, I sure did, lol. There I had a CAT scan and everything was normal. Thank god. The dr said I had a vagel reaction, which I've had before, and with the lack of food, standing up for the fill and my anxiety, I fainted. My bladder and bowels releasing was typical from when you faint apparently. The sucky part about the whole thing was that I didn't even have any restriction. After all that, I was at least hoping for some restriction, lol.So, anyway, I havn't let that stop me from scheduling for another fill. I know this was my body's response to the needle, nothing with the band. It just sucks!!! I have my next fill this Thursday, Aug. 13. I am not going to let myself get in a tizzy because honestly, it really was harmless. Now I know what to expect, I will eat first and I will lye down for my fills from this point forward. My lesson learned, you can count on that one, lol. So right now, I'm sticking at right around 238.
On a positive note, I bought three new shirts today in 1X, not 2X or 3X. That felt good!!!
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About Me
Thurmont, MD
Location
36.3
BMI
Surgery
06/02/2009
Surgery Date
Jul 31, 2008
Member Since
