Here's the scoop....

I went in Friday for a fill. I had it under Flouro and everything went fine.

I'm back to solid foods and I don't notice any more restriction than I had before the fill, so I contacted my doctor about it. He said that he could try and put another .2cc's in his office (at no charge) but if he can't hit the port then I would need to go over to Radiology at the hospital so that he could do the adjustment under Flouro.

Now, I'm a huge proponent of using Flouro. I can't simply imagine someone "guessing" where my port is and "hoping" that they hit it.

What are the chances/risks of him missing the port and hitting the tubing?

I also have the Swedish band and am not real sure about the port and how different it is vs. the Inamed band. I believe it's larger, but I could be wrong.

If you get your adjustments without Flouro, I would like to hear about how often they find and "hit" your port or do they have to poke you several times to find it?

I am on my 2nd fill and I never had flouro. He found it the first time with no problems. He numbed me up good so I didnt feel a thing and it was over with in 5 minutes.

Hey there! I don't have my fills under fluro but it's gone really well until this last time...he had a little trobule finding the port with his fingers (he said because as you loose weight and your belly gets more lose the port can move around a llittle bit)but once he was sure he found it he just stuck me one time and that was it....

The last fill I had was with Dr. Gomez (aka Cutie-pie) and we did it w/out flouru, he had no problem hitting the port, one shot and he found it. Also, he didn't use any numbing meds, but it was not bad at all, I really didn't feel a thing. My port is flipped but luckily he was able to do the fill, I have to go in next Wed., because I didn't get any restriction from the one done last week. But its not bad getting it done w/out flouru.

Update....

Well I went in for another fill on the 11th. He decided to use Flouro because of where my port was located. That was fine, if he felt more comfortable using Flouro then I was obviously more comfortable.

I still don't have a lot of restriction, so I will be going BACK in for yet another fill on April 1st. This will make my 4th fill since February 19th. The thing is, I KNOW what good restriction feels like. I felt I had great restriction after my second fill, but it slowly disappeared and I feel like I'm starting all over again.

I think since I can tell when I drink Water how much restriction I have that I may be a little more vocal with this next fill. If I don't feel like I have enough, I might ask him to add a little more in. With my luck, I'll probably get overfilled

Fills can be tricky, and getting that right amount can be even trickier <<< Is that a word?

At this point I would have no problem letting my doc try to fill me without Flouro. When I lay down, it's quite obvious where my port is, he even made a comment last time that he could have filled me in his office based on feeling it on the exam table in the Flouro room.

I'm hoping this next fill will do the trick.

I don't know what the actual odds are, but I've heard way too many stories of doctors missing the port. I've even heard of people that were sent home cuz the doc couldn't find the port. I should go have some fun with the pretentious local band surgeon (ass) and make an appointment for a fill to see how long he looks for my port before giving up (I don't have a port.)

ROFL at ya delarla

that would be sooo funny

Tracey