I am in need of a little fill and don't really want to take a day off of work and drive for 3 hours to get it. There is a woman 20 min. away from me that does them for $75. I only want about .2 or .3 cc's. I wouldn't tell my surgeon about it in fear that he would drop me as a paitent.

What would you do?

Oh, Terri, that's asking for trouble! What if this woman gave you too much, used the wrong type of needle, damaged your port, (the list of problems is endless)? Please only let someone (banding dr. or his/her trained assistant) who's been properly trained get near your port. It may be tempting to save $$ and time, but it could possibly cost you your band in the long run. Please take care of yourself.

She is trained. She does a lot of people around here. She is a certified Nurses Midwife and also has the band herself.

Is she licensed by Inamed? If you had complications, would your band dr. help you? Where does she do the fills at? In a sterile environment?

Oh, that's a tuff one. Can your Dr. tell??? If so, How??

My doctor keeps track of the fluid in my band. He withdraws the fluid each time to check it. I would be very careful about letting someone else do it.

I would only do something like that if I had my doctor's blessing. Otherwise, nuh-uh. There's too much at stake to risk any problems, the least of which would be your doctor potentially dropping you as a patient (though I doubt he'd do that, even if he wouldn't be too thrilled with you).

My doctor checks to see what's in there before he fills too. That's not a tough question for me, I value my band and port too much. Hope all goes well.

Thanks all! I talked it over with my family tonight and decided that I will stay with my surgeon. My band is MUCH to important to me to mess it up now! Thank you all for your support. It means soooooo much to me to have you all.

smart girl...& smart family!!!!!!:0)

Smart Decision Terri, I have to concur with what everyone else has said here.