I am new to this forum but have been active over at obesityhelp.com. I need some help. I am making myself crazy. Let me start here. I was banded in Oct 05...didnt start losing till feb/march....had a rough start. LOL. I am down almost 50lbs. I have the VG band and have 8.5 cc's in. My last fill was in NOV.

3 weeks ago i had a pus filled boil (externally) over my port incision....3 days later i went to my surgeon to have it checked. He lanced it with a scalpel and it drained blood/pus for a week. I have a flipped port that we decided to fix and at the same time he thinks i should have my port replaced and repositioned because of this infection i had. He is afraid that there might be some bad cells that would cause a port infection....etc...etc. This boil drained a LOT! so, it leads me to think it wasnt just a superficial thing.

NOW, this leads me to say in the last 3 weeks i have gotten SUPER tight. tighter than i was. Havent been able to eat a whole lot at all. I do suck at my water drinking tho. no nauseau, no reflux or heartburn and no pain. I cannot help but think my band is slipped or eroded! I cant seem to stop thinking about it and i am losing sleep over it. The more I read on the internet on these the more nervous and anxious i get. Someone please...if you have experience with either...help me stop obsessing....do you think my band is ok? Or am i just over reacting?

Rose

Hi Rose! I know your story from OH, I think if your doctor is convinced that it was a superficial boil then you should stop worrying. I know that stress can make the band tight. That is probably what has been going on with you. Let him reposition your port and even if there are some "bad cells" the antibiotics prescribed after the port replacement should take care of it. Try to shake off some of the worry and trust in your doctor. If he is not overly worried, you shouldnt be either. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers until you get the port repositioned and know that everything is okay.

An upper GI can be ordered to make sure you aren't flipped, although a first step would be to take some fluid out of you band.