Well I had my 1st fill today!! I was very, very nervous. The area was cleaned using a sterile field. She then injected some lidocaine to numb the area... which burned really, really bad. She then pushed around on my stomach to find the right area and then inserted the needle. Now, while she is doing this is she telling me that this is the 1st realize band that her and Dr. Verseman have filled!!! I begin to panic...thinking how is she gonna know if she is in the right area or not. Well, it only took that one poke and she found it. She then instilled 4 cc's of sterile saline. The realize band will hold a total of 12 cc's. This time and the next one in a month will be the largest fills. After that it will just be small amounts that are added as necessary. So, with the needle still sticking out of my belly, she sits me up and has me drink some water. This is to ensure that there aren't any problems with my being able to drink water and keep it down. I had no problems so she took the needle out and placed a small bandaid over the injection site.

Today and tomorrow I am back on clear liquids. This part sucks!! Thursday I can start having my protein shakes and Friday I can introduce a full diet slowly back in. This is the procedure every time that I have a fill.

All in all... it wasn't too bad. The worst part is not being able to eat!!