| FILL SUCCESS!!! (me thinks)
YIPPPPEEEE KIYAAAAAA!!!!
Okay, for those of you who followed by "not so fun" fill saga last week (see thread on "Frickin' Fills") I do believe the Force was with me today!!!!
Dr. Yau found my port right away (by find, I mean stuck it with the needle)....although I had to stand up for him to do it and he said it was very tricky...it has re-positioned slightly so that it is a wee bit angled. He is my hero for having got it!
BUT....get this....on 1 Jun (first fill) I had 5 ccs put in (by nurse) and a few days later I had another 2 put in (by Dr. Joffe) because I was feeling no restriction for a total of 7 ccs. OR SO I THOUGHT!!! Today, Dr. Yau pulled it all out to check and I only had 2 ccs in there!!!! (not 7!!). NO WONDER I had no restriction!!! We figure that the nurse actually missed the first fill and it went into netherland and not my port. OKAY, so today he put in 4 ccs....giving me a total of 6 ccs. I sat in the waiting room to drink my water and was having a tough time but at least I felt SOMETHING!!!! whooo hooooooo! But I was quite uncomfortable just sipping water so he took out 1 cc....leaving me with 5 ccs (what I was SUPPOSED to have on June 1st!!). So, I'm basically where I should have been on 1st of June...but for real this time!!! I'm just so dang happy that I feel something! I don't know if it will end up being enough or the sweet spot but I have restriction!!!! (I think....I won't be trying food for a day or so...but I do feel "something" with the water).
The next time I have a fill though, the Dr. wants me to go to the hospital he works from and have it done under x-ray....just so he can have a looksie. I don't mind....I have something now!!!! The "feeling" is no longer a mystery to me....(I don't think!).
hehehe...yup, I'm happy.
BTW, I met a fellow LBTer there today (Loriely); she was having her surgery this afternoon...I also met her husband....(he is having surgery in Aug)...it was kewl to meet them.
Anyways, okay...just wanted y'all to know that there was a happy ending to my fill saga, after all.
....hmmmm....now if I can just remain a PB virgin!!!!!
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