Port Replacement after 2nd Fill attempt
Hello Sept. Samurai's, well guess what? I was admitted into the hospital after a failed 2nd fill. This time the doctor tried to fill me instead of the P.A.'s - Remember what a mess my first fill ended up being? So, the doc found my port no problem but could not extract saline it was just air. So, I decided to make another appt under fluoroscopy. Before I left I was to drink water even though I had no saline injected. OMG! I could'nt drink the water it came back up and for the first time I had the pressure and heart burn feeling and ended up PBing. The pain did not subside and I was sliming and I was scared. The doc admitted me into the hospital for a port replacement.
What had occured she thinks is that since I had 2 P.A.'s and Dr. Le Port trying to locate my port for the first fill and guessing on how many cc's they put in when my 2nd fill occured it pushed the saline from the first fill 6 weeks ago down to the tube near the stoma. This obviously was too much for me. I had surgery 10:30a.m the following morning and was told that I had 10cc's in a 9cc band! What the @#%? I was closed up with 2cc's in my Realize band and now 4 days post-op and recovering well.
How many of you have had to have a port replacement since September Surgeries? have you had a fill since then and was everything okay?
(I will post this on the LapBand forum as well) __________________
You can only be great at something you love -Maya Angelou
Dr. Kelly Francis, Ftn. Valley Reg'l Hospital
Banded on 9/10/08
What had occured she thinks is that since I had 2 P.A.'s and Dr. Le Port trying to locate my port for the first fill and guessing on how many cc's they put in when my 2nd fill occured it pushed the saline from the first fill 6 weeks ago down to the tube near the stoma. This obviously was too much for me. I had surgery 10:30a.m the following morning and was told that I had 10cc's in a 9cc band! What the @#%? I was closed up with 2cc's in my Realize band and now 4 days post-op and recovering well.
How many of you have had to have a port replacement since September Surgeries? have you had a fill since then and was everything okay?
(I will post this on the LapBand forum as well) __________________
You can only be great at something you love -Maya Angelou
Dr. Kelly Francis, Ftn. Valley Reg'l Hospital
Banded on 9/10/08
Hi!! We have the same surgeon!! I have the realize band too, but I'v eonly had one fill. My next appointment is on Dec 18th. The fill is with a PA and I'm a bit nervous! My first fill was with Dr. Francis, and everything was fine, but I'm nervous to have a PA do it.
So far I think my port is fine. Dr Francis got it on the first try, but we'll see what the next appointment brings!
I'm glad you're ok and recovering well!
Stacy
So far I think my port is fine. Dr Francis got it on the first try, but we'll see what the next appointment brings!
I'm glad you're ok and recovering well!
Stacy
9cc Realize Band: 1st Fill 10/27 3cc, 2nd fill 1/22 2cc, 3rd fill 3/5 1.5 cc
Stacy,
Yeah, Dr. Francis rocks!! I love her and so glad she is my doctor. I would love to talk to you please email me at [email protected] so we can be our own support group. Have you gone to the support groups? I have noticed that its all Gastric Bypass. Bummer.
Yeah, Dr. Francis rocks!! I love her and so glad she is my doctor. I would love to talk to you please email me at [email protected] so we can be our own support group. Have you gone to the support groups? I have noticed that its all Gastric Bypass. Bummer.
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