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A blog by chrisbandster in General

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Fluoro & port failure... relatively easy fix.

I had my fluoroscopy last week. In 3 weeks I had lost 1.2 cc's from the Band. In my mind, that was way too much. My surgeon then started filling the band with "contrast," and almost immediately a small pool started forming just outside my port. I saw it, and my surgeon saw it. The radiologist just seemed puzzled. The pool continued to get larger and then eventually started to dissipate. When I was filled back to 3.4 with that lovely barium drink, the radiologist started suggesting that pe

Potential port failure

:tongue_smilie: Friday I went for my fill under fluro. It was a tough test. Initially the machine failed. Then when Dr. Chiang put the contrast media in the port, and immediately I could see something come leaking out. Then both the doc & radiologist saw it. The radiologist tried to convince the doc that perhaps he hadn't hit the right spot. He had the needle right where it needed to be. The leak just completed to grow. In 3 weeks I went from 3.4 to 2.2 cc's. He filled me back to 3.4

Just because you can doesn't mean you should!

:thumbup:This is a philosophy I've been trying to follow since getting banded. In some ways I am "testing" my limits, but yet trying to keep things to a low roar so I don't get out of control. I will be calling the office in the morning and try to get in on Thursday to figure out what's up. I was able to eat things I haven't had for a couple of years. Yes, there was some restriction, but I could have eaten the whole dinner... lamb and trimmings. So, the soup will make a good before-bed sn

Little restriction

I went to the doc on Thursday because I was not feeling much restriction. When he checked I had "lost" .4 cc's of saline. So he took me back up to 3.4. I initially felt restriction and fortunately when I went to work Thursday night had no craving for Cheetos. Yesterday, I had an enchilada dinner and was able to eat most of the meal with no problem. :thumbup: It was curious because normally it would only be a couple of bites and I would be full. Today, I am also not feeling much restriction

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