Hi everyone,

First time poster and just wanted a little feedback.

I had my original band surger on 1-25-06 and lost 25 pounds before my first fill. I went in for my first fill in Feb and they were unable to do it and scheduled me for flouroscopy and at that time discovered I had blown my port. I had surgery on 3-30-06 to repair my port and at that time recieved 1 cc. My question is, I had some restriction before my fill, not much, but some, now I have none. I called the doctor this morning and asked could my band have slipped or something and he told me no, that I would be sick if it had. It just seems unusual that I have no restiction now. I can't get my next fill until the swelling goes down from surgery.

Any ideas or anything similiar happen to anyone else?

So glad I found this sight and look forward to being a part of the group.

Carole

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Welcome Carole.

I can't give any input on restriction, because I have'nt had a fill.

Hang in there and hopefully you will be able to get another fill soon!

What does "blown your port" mean?

My doctor referred to my port being "blown", because all of the stitches had came out and my port was no longer attached, just floating around.

Carole,

Sound like the same thing that happened to me. Seven wks out from surgery I was having extreme pain in my lower ab area so I went to the ER where they discovered my port had separated from my band and the port was just floating around. I got it repaired and doc put in 1.66cc of saline in during the surgery so I wasnt as hungry.

Hope your feeling better.

Oh, OUCH! That sounds like it could hurt, and definitely needs to be fixed. Good luck!!

Carole-

I had 1CC for my first fill and felt NO restriction for two weeks following the fill. Then it hit me like a brick. Give it a little more time, everyone has a different reaction to fills.

By the way, my second fill was a week ago and it was .5CC. This time, the restriction hit me about three days later.

Also, with the first fill it was painless and I felt a little sore the rest of the day and the next day I was fine. This time, a week later as I type I still feel totally bruised and sore by my port (doesn't feel like an infection though, just still really sore!)

Heather,

Thanks so much for writing. I too have started feeling a little more restriction as well. It will be two weeks tomorrow since I had my first fill and to have started feeling it. I have my next fill 1 week from today.

Again, thanks so much for responding. I don't feel so weird now!!

Carole

Banded 1/25/06

surgery 3/29/06 repair port & 1ccfill

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