Symptoms of a Leak?

AmandaS
on 1/10/06 4:14 pm - Largo, FL
What are the symptoms of someone with a leak? Thanks in advance!
abandster
on 1/14/06 10:07 am
Hey Amanda: If you have a leak, your surgeon will know it when he does the fill. They pull out all the fluid in the band (even during the first fill because there's primer in there) and measure what's there. They put THAT back in plus whatever "fill" you get for that day. My primer had 3.5 cc's and I got 2 more cc's on my first fill. So, when I got my second fill, the surgeon pulled out 5.5 cc's so he knew everything was fine. I have a friend, however, who went for his second fill and they only drew out 4 cc's. They put additional saline in there and on the 3rd fill, there was less than there should be. So, the port is going to be replaced. The surgeon has said the leak could be in the port, the tubing or the band. He does the port replacement surgery in his office and checks the tubine connection to make sure that's not leaking. If the port isn't leaking, then the band itself have to be replaced. Hope that helps clear it up for you. Here's hoping you don't have a leak. That is never good. La Wanda
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