chubbychaser

That same exact thing happened to me. I don't know what it is. I got overfilled. Got it emptied. I have gotten more fills then I care to talk about and NONE of them provide me with any restriction. This has happened over a 5 month period or so. I don't know if my port is messed up or what. I am lost. Gained 20 pounds.

Misty, get over the whole law thing. I am talking about my band-not the LAW! I think my port may be damaged. Dr. Maese is the only one to touch it. I didn't say anything about suing him or anything else. I just want my band to work. Stick with the subject here. I THINK that Hiallary Clinton is an idiot. Are her lawyers going to sue me? Get a grip!

I have had multible barium swallows in the course of getting a fill. Everything looks normal. The port is filled to a very high level and I feel like it is fairly restrictive and don't eat for 4 days. Then I try something and it goes right down. I had a fill last me over a year and a half and it was never this difficult to get to the sweet spot. My question still remains, how do you tell if the port or connection is damaged? Would that show up in the barium swallow? If it is not damaged, why is the Fluid not there after a few weeks? Could it be that he is not really hitting the port in the first place?

I have probably had no less than 15 fills from him and I never get any restriction. Ever since he emptied it, Nothing! We keep filling it and filling it and nothing ever takes. He keeps saying it leaks, but had proved to me that it doesn't the time before. THen I thought he just wasn't hitting it right and was missing the port. Now I just think he damaged it and it is a lost cause.

Why do you say not to get a band if you are low BMI?

Has anyone ever used Dr. Fred Maese in Dallas? After reading this forum, I am starting to think that he damaged my port. Now what? How do you know if it is damaged? Is there a way to find out for sure? Do fill doctor's have insurance for such a thing? I don't know what to do. I need advice.