I went in for my 3rd fill today. Normally they have one of the doctors in the room assisting while the fills are being done. Today, only I man that I didn't recognize was doing my fill.

He didn't bother to spend too much time marking the port area, and quickly began jabbing me with the needle. As soon as he began sticking me, I felt my port being knocked back and forth in my stomach. He sat there for about 10 more minutes, jabbing the huge needle back and forth in my stomach, causing some pain and A LOT of discomfort inside me. Finally he commented that he couldn't find the opening to my port and told me to lay down on a bed while he tried it that way. He spent about another 10 minutes jabbing me with the needle. It began hurting a lot and it felt as if he was knocking the port into something in my stomach... it was NOT a good feeling. I kept on telling him to stop, but he kept jabbing me. Finally I started swearing at him, and he got the point and stopped. He then informed me that my port must have come detached and must have flipped.

I was sooooo pissed and frustrated!!! All I could do was cry. Last week I had A LOT of pain around my port... so bad that I could hardly walk. I tried calling the doctor and he just brushed it off, saying it was probably normal.

I sat in the waiting area for an hour, waiting for the Doctor to come back. During that time, everyone refused to discuss the situation with my mom. Finally the Dr came, and performed the fill within a few minutes. After he filled me, my mom asked what I was filled to, and he was like "Oh I don't know... I wasn't paying attention, maybe 8, I don't know... don't even worry about that"

WTF is that!!??!??!?

I'm so confused & pissed... how could the doctor just have done a fill on me without measuring how much he was filling me to??? Aside from that, how do I know that something really ISN'T wrong with my port?? & I'm really scared that the first man may have caused damage to my stomach when he was jabbing the huge needle inside of me all crazy. I'm just really, really, really freaked out right now.

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WOW! I am so sorry that this happened to you. Do you have any attorney friends?

Really, I don't have any advice....just wishing you didn't have to go through that. My original surgeon does all of my fills. I love my doc and wish that you could find one that was as caring and personal as mine is.

I sent you a PM with some suggestions. I've never been treated like that at MIBC. I'm appalled that the guy couldn't even tell you the amount of your fill. He seems to have a cavalier attitude, as if you and your concerns aren't important. This stinks! How are you feeling now?

WOW,you sure had a rough time of it today, Im sorry you had to go through all of that but look at it this way, as bad as your ordeal was, if you have good restriction with this new fill then you know your port is ok and did not flip which means he was able to access it. If you have no new restriction from this fill then I would call your Dr. and schedule a fill under fluoro, this way you can tell for sure what is up with your port. I would be pissed off too if my Dr. had no idea how much fill he just gave me. When you say 8 I am going to assume is was .8cc's not 8cc's. Let us know if you notice a difference from the fill.

Holy moly! This is HORRIABLE! I am so sorry that you had to go thru something like that! I have only had one fill and my surgeon who did the surgery did my fill...thankfully. I too have no advise, other than to go to the emergent care center and maybe have them do a sonogram of your port. Document what ever you can...even if its bruised...take pictures...then you will have them if you need to go the legal way. Its amazing that you would be treated like that...especially for the guy not to KNOW how much he filled you to! WHOA That seems sorta important to me! Did your SURGEON blow you off??? You poor woman! Feel better!!!

TTYL