I was a little anxious for my first adjustment. I really needed it, but I also liked eating pretty much what I wanted. However, I want the band to work for me and be the awesome tool that I know it can be. This is the hard part of the band.

There is really no pain with an adjustment. There is a little stinging with the numbing medicine, and some pressure with the adjustment. I had a big hiatal hernia that my surgeon needed to repair. They had to take fluid out of my band during surgery and they think that may have been why the leftover ½ cc in my band had some blood in it.