So..I made a fool of myself again...

So I went to the surgeon this morning for my first fill..I thought with all the info I have been scope'n out on here I was totally prepared..So I go into the exam room after my first weigh in after surgery..-20lbs YAY!... So I'm sitting on the table and he gets out the needle and fills it with saline....Everything goes fine until he injects me with the fluid and I feel it go in...I'm not sure what happened from there, but I got completely light headed and sweaty..I felt like I could hit the floor at any second...So there I was needle in my belly..pouring sweat and my surgeon fanning me..I was soo embarassed..Im not sure if I was nervous..or the needle and blood...not sure because I am usually not the fainting type...but I thought..OMG!.... Has anyone else experienced this?..or am I the lone fainter?...

 *I* haven't, but then again, I've got 13 tattoos so I'm used to needles.

But I'm sure you're not the only one it's happened to. Accept it as one of your new foibles, and move on. The important part is that TWENTY POUND weight loss!

I've heard of this before.  I think it's called Vaso-vagal response??

He did the fill with you standing up?  They always have me lying down.  Maybe ask to lie down next time. 

Best of luck to you.

I had the procedure while sitting up...He inserted the needle laying down, but had me sit up to drink and the inject the fluid... I too am usually ok with needles..I have two tattoos and have had multiple piercings...I am also a diabetic, so I frequently check blood sugar and all that..but Im just not sure what happened...I am glad I had the fill though, because I can definitely tell the difference!...Maybe next time I will just have him go a little slower...

I vote for vagal response too.  It happens to me occaisionally...even with no pain at an injection I sometime get sweaty and feel my knees start to buckly.  Congrats on the 20lbs!!!!! 

Haven't had a fill in while, but when I use to get them for about an hour after I felt a little light headed like I was a tad tipsy!!  Very wierd experience for me.  You are not alone, we all go through stuff. 

I have had three little unfills and twice I felt that I was going to be sick during them. The MA who did my unfill said that sometimes people have that reaction during an unfill. Learn something new everyday.