I wanted to have my first fill with floro and postponed filling untill I was able to get it done with floro. I found a new fill center in Florida and was happy that I waited. While watching what was done I am better able to understand why it can take many fills to get a restriction. The fill port is under my fat (way under) my primary care doctor located it 4 inches away from where it really was. The port was clear on the floro, the fill amount was easy to adjust. At this point I will pay the extra for the floro. It reduces the chance of sticking the tubing and causing a leak. It reduces the chance of missing the port and not getting the fill. It makes the amount of flow through my band easy to see.

Does anyone have comments or other ideas?

I got my 3rd fill a couple of hours ago using fluro for the first time! I think it is beneficial for the patient to be able to see the band and how it works. Not to mention, the dr. can see what he's doing top:eek:

Personally, I don't think it is necessary every time under normal circumstances but its pretty cool to see at least once!

My Dr. will only do Flouro. It is cool and makes me feel a whole lot better knowing. Threebeauties-Congrats. So glad everything is OK. I had my 3rd fill yesterday and I am hoping for that "sweet spot". Total fill 4.5cc

Good luck!

I heard that there could be problems with diarrhea after a fluro fill. Has anyone had that problem? I am going in tomorrow and want to be prepared. I have to travel 5 hours to the Doctor and don;t want any troubles on the way home. Thanks :biggrin:

I did not have any problems:thumbup:

I heard that there could be problems with diarrhea after a fluro fill. Has anyone had that problem? I am going in tomorrow and want to be prepared. I have to travel 5 hours to the Doctor and don;t want any troubles on the way home. Thanks :thumbup:

I have never heard that or had a problem with that.

When I went for my second fill, I had lost a lot of fat around my belly and my scar tissue had shifted so it was right over the port. The doctor kept pushing for a while and couldn't penetrate the scar tissue--only one poke, but I watched the needle bend under the pressure to the point he knew he couldn't continue without a bigger needle. When he got the bigger needle he was able to push through without any further problem.

I am very glad he was able to watch what he was doing on the fluoroscopy and wonder what the experience would have been like without it. Would he have thought he was in the wrong position? Anyway, all my fills are with fluoro, and as everyone else says, it is a comfort to know the band is correctly positioned, and the port is oriented properly. I feel afterwards that my band has been checked for slippage, which wouldn't be the case without the fluoro.