4 months post op ..Infection?

Iluvharleys · January 10, 2006

The only thing I would have done differently is to make sure I got one last fill and was at my sweet spot and comfortably there (not too tight) before the band removal./QUOTE]
It probably isn't a very good idea to get a fill right before taking out the port. If you get too tight afterwards there is no way to remove any of the fill.

La_madam · January 10, 2006

I was eroded and Iam not a diabetic

Rockin' Robyn · January 10, 2006

That's right Iluvharleys, I am glad I didn't get another fill right before because no way to adjust if I got too tight. I was just saying since I am SOOOO close to my sweet spot, I wish I could have gotten one more tiny fill and waited like a month before having my port removed (since I no longer have an option for adjustments). But actually, I am fine with things now. It has been 12 days since my surgery, and although it has been a worse experience than the original lapband placement, the one good thing is that my restriction is holding on strong!!! :clap2:

ddflinn · January 14, 2006

well now that i'm not on pain meds. I'm starting to put things together. The first week of December I kept screwing up everytime I ate . I would eat white chicken and rice vomit. white chicken and noodles vomit. hard boiled egg vomit. And each time this happened I would fill pressure at my port site. My port scar became red, hot, swollen , peeling shortly after. Now Dr. Billy says it was a stitch with a knot that pulled through to my stomach. acting like a candle wick and gastric fluids built up at the port site. I wonder if I am to blame for my condition. If so , I hope it's not that easy to mess up this bad.

Surgery weight 247

Now 204

Lapband placed 8/26/05 Dr Lopez Corvala Mexico

1st fill 9/30/05 1.6cc

port removed 1/6/06 Dr. Billy Ventura

Alexandra · January 14, 2006

Ddflinn, thanks for telling us what Dr. Billy said. I hope you recover very soon! Sounds like it was a weird situation with a particular stitch making infection more likely. Did Dr. Billy say your behavior had something to do with it? Or would it have happened anywhere just because of the placement of that stitch?

Did Dr. Billy suggest that now you may have a higher future erosion risk due to your port infection? What did he say your future options are--can you get a new port at some point? Thanks for letting us know what happened!!