Thursday, June 12, 2008

Ok today was my first fill...

Ok when i went into the office the first thing they want to do is to weigh u and i was like ok can i use the restroom, and the Dr. was like ohhh u r tying to be weighed with an empty bladder... and I said yes.. and he still weighed me...lol... what ever...My weight was the same.. as it has been a week after me being banded. I am 276. Not bad I have come a long way. One thing i will say is I know my body. When i start eating right and working out it takes me about 30-45 days for it to show on the scale which is crazy but that is how it has always worked for me, besides I am on my monthly friend which i know i am bloated and retaining water and everything else i look at...lol... seriously.... Ok now back to the fill part. I went into the office and the Dr. asked if i had any questions, of course I did.. I wanted to know how many cc's my band had in it when he put it in. He withdrew the fluid before he put more in and said that there were 3cc's in it already.. and he added 2cc's so i can now say that i have 5cc's in my 10cc band. I also asked over time if a person does not get a fill does it evaporate and he said yes it will, but just a tiny amount.. but the point is, is that it does evaporate. The Dr asked me to lay back. he put a pillow under my back.. and he felt for the port. He had no problems find the port at all... While i was laying back he asked me to lift my head a little then he came and assisted me to a sitting position while the needle was still in the port... WTF.... I looked at him like dude are u serious look at that big azz needle i was like i will smack the shit out of u if u have me to sit up any straighter.....I started to drink water as he was putting the fill in, no problem at all with drinking any fluids. Since I have been home i have eaten some soup so i am pretty cool. They wanted my 2nd apt to be on the 10th of July, but my girlfriend comes like clock work every month so that would not be a good idea for me so i called back and r/s it for the 24th of july.... Now let the games begin.....

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi!

I found your link on lapbandtalk. I am so glad to find someone else who I can relate too. I had so much pain after surgery I thought I might die. I am 10 days post-op now and it is still pretty sore at times but it is getting better.

Congrats on your first fill.
Robin