I came down with a viral infection in my intestines on sun or mon. The swelling was probably irritated my band. Couldn't eat or drink for 3 days. I kept vomiting. I couldn't even take my pills .I phoned Nancy today to ask for a defill. I went at 1' 00 today. What a relief. Nancy took 2 cc out.I was so glad she left some in.(3.5). I was kind of hoping for a 6 inch sub Mandi tomorrow lol. That was my excitment for a few days.On our way home i drank 2 bottles of water and a med.frosty mmmm. I am down 195 now. i met my goal ;not a healthy way tho.:speechles

haha... trust me... those subs are bad news! I wish I'd had a little bit left in. At least you took care of it, and will be feeling 100% soon!

Take care,

Mandi

Take care Loriely...glad u r ok!

Yikes Loriely, sounds yucky!!! Glad your feeling better!!! Did they say when you can go get filled up again?

OK guys just wondering if I'm over concerned but with Mandi and Loriely with emergency defils lately,and knowing there's noone trained in this province to do this should I be asking Dr.Cobourn in advance how to deal with that? Is it an outside chance that something happens or is it fairly probable(I'm always playing the odds).I would not rely on our local hospital to deal with it for many reasons,privacy being one.Regardless I really hope Loriely and Mandi are feeling lots better and back on track soon.

I think its just more of a coincidence both Mandi and Loriely are defilled. I certainly would be expecting it to happen. Apparently there is some type of script you can get to stop the vomitting. Maybe if you were to get a stomach flu, that would be the first thing to do, then maybe you wouldnt get any irritation to need the de-fill. I wouldnt over worry about it though, but its good to be prepared.

Thanks everyone.Iwasn't going to say anything but i find it is important for people to know you can have a few bumps on this journey. This is not band related. I just hope i didn't do any damage.Cloe if i need to have a fill in a few weeks Nancy said to come back. I have awesome restriction now but i know it won"t last. It is because of the swelling. I thought it was cause from STRESS (a little bit) 18 year old son grrr. Love -hate relationship. I wish you could skip 13 till23yrs old.haha, oh well must go .

Loriely,

Sounds like you had some fun, I know that Scarborough Grace Emerg has trained several docs on how to do a defill. I seem to remember some of Dr Coburn's patients mentioning that some staff at Trillium Emerg had been trained too (I could be very wrong about that)

If you can't get to either of those emergencies and need a defill right now and that can happen. I know people whose band tightened up and they could not swallow saliva which turns to de-hydration so fast. Go to any emerg and let them know what you have most larger hospitals have fluroscopes and they will see the port on the scope and getting a de-fill shouldn't be that bad. But if you can wait for your surgeon or their staff that is still best.

Good to hear you are doing better

Wow Loriely, glad you are feeling better. It is an eye opener what could happen. A viral infection, an over fill and I heard someone with a terrible cold run into trouble. This is serious business.

Astro: don't worry about it. You're about the same distance from the NS fill lady as I am. I wasn't deathly afraid about having to get the defill, and absolutely would have driven to see her, had the hospital not been able to do the defill for me. (I was just concerned because of the recent snow storms, and driving somewhere I'd never been... but I would have!)

I too questioned whether I should have mentioned it. But like Loriely said, people need to know that there ARE bumps, and it can happen easily. I COULD have gone and gotten gravol suppositories... and I think I WILL, now. I was stupid, and didn't think anything like this would happen.

Look at me, I've coasted on the same fill since august...I'm sure everyone hated me for having things so easy for so long, and here I am, unfilled now, and probably gaining waaaay faster than I lost! Things happen... it's not even an issue for me. Don't worry. I wasn't. I lived in Saskatchewan, and got it done in Ontario! The closest place I had to go for fills or defills was 8 hours away in Calgary, and I didn't think twice.

No worries!

(also... its nice to know that I DO have this lovely little Visa lying around, and since I've done it before, I know how easily I can fly to TO for just the day, for a fill. It's a little extreme, but it is an option also.)

mandi, you said Ns fill lady, is there someone in NS who does fills and defills? Thanks Sherry

Thanks Mandi and Loriely,I don't want to sound like a worry wart and the funny thing is I'm usually quite the opposite however I just kinda got a little freaked when I first read about the problems and got thinking about the worst case senario (me climbing over snowbanks for miles only to find the damn bridge closed yet again for high winds....then airports closed down and having to face the 30 hour wait in emerg to see a doctor.....snap**#^,ok vision gone)hehe...end of negetive thinking:rolleyes: .

Astrotoes ---> Glad you've snapped out of it! hehe

Sherry, sorry... this lady is someone trained by Dr. Cobourn for his Maritime patients, who otherwise had no one near-ish by. You're gonna have to buckle down and drive all the way to see Dr. B, just like we'll have to drive all the way to see 'fill-lady' Too bad we can't switch!

Thanks mandi, rules are rules, I was hoping to have my family doctor here do my pre-op tests but Dr. B wants them all done in the moncton hospital. Oh well. Dems da breaks. Sorry to hear about you recent difficulties, everything ok now?

Sherry

Hi loreliy, looks like lots of problems since i've been gone. I"m sorry your defilled too, but glad your feeling better!

Update. I still don't feel very good.Went back to hospital today as i have constant pain is my stomach. I can't eat or drink anything without bad pain.I felt this pain for 1.5 weeks The dr.thinks it might be gallbladder.I have to go for ultrasound within 2 days. If it is my gallbladder do i have to have a total defill.? Does Dr.Joffee takes gallbladders out. I am nervous if someone does it and screws my band?