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Did Any Of U Had The Port Removed Due To Infection?

eti37

By eti37, in The Lounge

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eti37    1

eti37
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Was banded aug 31 gotmy first fill on oct 4

For the past few days I had fever Tommy pain

I went to my family dr he said it's a bug that goes around yesterday my fever went up high

And the pain was horrible I went to the emergency room after going true a few test

They found that the area around the port is inflame they give me a strong antibiotic and

If the fever & the pain don't go away by Thursday they need to remove the port

What a nightmare!

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ElleG    394

ElleG
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Wow! Hope the meds work, keep us posted. Best wishes :)

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NIKIMAC    19

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I'm so sorry 2 hear about what ur going thru, I wish u a speedy recovery. Keep us dated on ur progress.

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eti37    1

eti37
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Thanks everyone!

I will let u all know what happens next

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eti37    1

eti37
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Back at the hospital need antibiotic iv

The dr might do an emergency surgery

To take out the port

What a nightmare!

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Darkangel321    61

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Was banded aug 31 gotmy first fill on oct 4

For the past few days I had fever Tommy pain

I went to my family dr he said it's a bug that goes around yesterday my fever went up high

And the pain was horrible I went to the emergency room after going true a few test

They found that the area around the port is inflame they give me a strong antibiotic and

If the fever & the pain don't go away by Thursday they need to remove the port

What a nightmare!

It happened to my best friend three years ago. She lost alot of weight but was extremely ill. Almost too late by the time they realized what was going on. Her body was rejecting it...almost killed her. This year she got the sleeve.

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eti37    1

eti37
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Thanks for the info!

This Monday got back to hospital had emergency surgery the dr took out the port

I'm home in bed so weak can't wait got this nightmare to be over

I'm not sure what to if to put a new port or to do the sleev first I need to heal !

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Darkangel321    61

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I had a different problem...Port Flipping. Went to get my first fill and found my port flipped. Most of the time flipping is at 45°-90° angle. No correction is needed for that. Mine flipped 180°. Dr went back in, repositioned & re anchored it. I see him on 11/19/12 & hopefully get my first fill. I was banded 9/7/12.

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eti37    1

eti37
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Wow! I feel bad for u !

I hope u get better & u get your fill on time

I'm still recovering, have no restriction now in my band so I have to be carfull not to gain wight

Good luck to u!

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pangm    1

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hope you are feeling better soon i have not had a fill uet as i got my band on the 6oct but the site is hard i think

i may get it look at thank you for bothing to but whats happening to you i did not know this could happen hope you are ok soon

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Darkangel321    61

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Wow! I feel bad for u !

I hope u get better & u get your fill on time

I'm still recovering' date=' have no restriction now in my band so I have to be carfull not to gain wight

Good luck to u![/quote']

Thank you. I have totally fell off the radar here and MFP. Been extremely depressed about this and other things. I am an emotional and stress eater. With no restriction my brain could not do it alone. Wendys, Cheetos, and fried chicken have been my best friends again. Such a miserable feeling. Gotta go post on MFP and update my friends there. UGH

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vanessa1215    35

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Question: if there is no port, how do you still have the band? It's all 1 unit... Did they just cut the port and tuning and leave the band? Sounds odd....

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Darkangel321    61

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Question: if there is no port' date=' how do you still have the band? It's all 1 unit... Did they just cut the port and tuning and leave the band? Sounds odd....[/quote']

I still had a port. The needle goes in the top to fill. While healing, my port turned completely upside down. The bottom was facing up so the needle was unable to get in to fill the band. Port has a hose that connects to the band. I had a useless band only because of an inaccessible port. The port was removed from the muscle, relocated and resecured to a different muscle to reheal. The band was never touched nor was it ever filled. The band and port are separated by the tube. The same way a band can "slip" when there is no problem with the port, the port can "flip" when there is no problem with the band.

Hopes that helps you better understand what i'm going through. If it doesn't, ask your surgeon to explain "Port Flipping 180 Degrees". O:-)

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