Went to the Dr today to get a fill (not the dr how did my band) and he spends 20 mins trying to find my portal. He tells me he cant find it and that the only way for him to find it is for me to have surgery to have it replaced!

Does anyone know what i can do to try and find it!:smile2:

I would insist on an XRAY or ultrasound. This isn't the 1800's there are ways to see inside the Human Body without surgery.

RUN, do not WALK to find a different doctor...he sounds downright scary!!!!

Mimi

So this guy is just going to send you straight to surgery with no diagnostic imaging?!! What a loser. Go somewhere else. Call around for a general GI surgeon.

had the same problem my dr. did an xray,

Time to find a new doctor. Surgery is not the answer. Fluoroscopy is. It's not hard to locate a port. (I'd report the doctor to the state licensing board.)

Can your surgeon's office do the fills?

Time to find a new doctor. Surgery is not the answer. Fluoroscopy is. It's not hard to locate a port.

Or Ultrasound. No radiation.

My NP used U/S to find mine until I lost enough weight for them to find it easily.

My port sticks out, all most too much. My grandson was hugging me and found it. Its about the size of a watch.

Don't do surgery yet. You definitely need a U/S or xray. That should find it.

They should be able to do an ultrasound scan and find it. That's crap, that the dr. can't find it. Good luck to you. I agree with some of the others. You may need to find a new dr.

Went to the Dr today to get a fill (not the dr how did my band) and he spends 20 mins trying to find my portal. He tells me he cant find it and that the only way for him to find it is for me to have surgery to have it replaced!

Does anyone know what i can do to try and find it!:thumbup:

I had a problem when I went for my first fill. My Dr. had me make a apt, for the Radiology Department and they used a camera to fill my band. It was painless!!! My port actualy flipped, so I guess I will always have to get filled this way. Good Luck, hang in there!!!