I had a fill on March 10th, My Dr. gave me a shot to numb me and then he gave me the fill so two shots really. Anyway its been 4 weeks since that day and it dont look good. At first it was a small bruse then it just got worse.. its all scabbed up like it was a cut. It doesnt hurt or anything just bugs. Here is a picture of it... it looks like one of my cuts after surgery. I hope its okay... Any advise?

Thanks

I would definately call the doctor. Let us know what they say!

Trish that really does look bad. It looks as if you deffinatly got an infection...its just to red looking not to worry.. Please let me hear from you. I emailed you earlier!!!!

WOw Trish- Christina here- Please let us know as soon as you here something. I love the idea someone mentioned about emeailing the photo to your Doctor. Sounds like a smart idea. Let us know Monday how you are PLEASE. In the mean time you'll be in my prayers:0)

Trish it doesn't look good to me either, but I think your doctor needs to know about it. Do you remember him using alcohol to clean the area b4 giving you the fill? When I had my fill a couple of weeks ago, I was at the hospital and I was impressed my doctor was running around the room looking for alcohol, (his assistant wasn't there), and made sure he swabbed the area before inserting the needles.

We'll all be waiting for your reply tomorrow, actually, we'd like to know if it's any better today.

Hugs!

Hey Doll, I don't want to alarm you, but you need to see a doc ASAP. If there's any internal infection around the tube/port, it could lead down to the band, which can be bad news down the road. Please call your Band doc and tell him you're e-mailing that picture to him. Your PCP might be able to help with the external infection, but you need to tell your band doctor what's going on, okay?

Hope your hearing from your Dr. soon!!! We are all here waiting to hear something!!! (((HUGS))))

Trish,

We're really worried about you, Girl.

Have you taked to the surgeons office yet?

Please update us!!!!

tick tock tick tock...

I have my eye on this thread. Waiting for an update, Trish! (((hugs)))

We're waiting, give us a heads up girl.

How are you doing?

We are all waiting to hear from you!

I called my Band Dr. and he wasnt in but the nurse said as long as I dont feel any pain in the port area then it could be just on the skin. All i feel is stinging, and kind of a itching. I went to my PCP and yes he said it was a bad infection and gave me an 500mg of oral antibiotic and a cream. he said if those do not work then they will need to take a culture of it. ugh sounds like my microbiology class! anyway I hope its nothing to bad. I will let you all know. Thanks for all your thoughts and concerns! (((((((((((big hugs)))))))))))

Here is an updated picture of what it is looking like... you can see redness on each side of the infected area that is where the band aid was...

Okay Trish...so you are having your band replaced on May 25th, right? I'm assuming the doc will replace and move your port also? This concerns me, because so many folks with eroded bands also had port infections. Noone knows for sure if one causes the other, or vice versa. The way I'm seeing it, it's possible your faulty/leaky band being replaced could prevent future erosion? No science or fact behind that theory, just a thought.

Here's hoping it's just a skin infection and not at all a band/port issue. Thanks for keeping us updated. I'm thinking of you!!!

Trish my port was located under my port incision as well , but I agree with everyoneelse, it wont hurt to have it looked at by your doctor.

Windex. Put some Windex on it. Windex fixes everything.

I crack up every time I open this thread and read this post! Windex! Now I run around the house cleaning saying "Windex! Put some Windex on it!" and laugh at myself. Anyhow, just wanted to say thanks for the giggle.

Now, :focus: