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Kinked Tube

So I was banded 3/1/13, down about 21 lbs so far. But, I went for my 1st fill on 4/5 and my MD could fill but not aspirate. So he thought my tubing was kinked. Which in fact, it was as confirmed by x-ray. He couldn't manipulate it to unkink so now I have to go back for surgery again. He says he's only seen this happen 3 times so far. Has anyone heard of this? I'm disappointed because I am behind schedule now for filling, and I have not quite 2ccs fill, which is like nothing!

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It happened to me....however in my case, my port is right under the skin, and you can clearly see the port and tubing. So between the 2 of us, we were able to "unkink" it....

one worked the syringe and the other massaged the tubing....

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Thank you! It's just so frustrating because I'm behind for my first fill. I feel like I should be doing much better than down about 20 lbs.

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