My Doctor can't find the Injection Port to do an Adjustment

The port is under a fat pad and over a muscle. Do you carry a lot of weight in your stomach? It could be that it's just hard to find it yet. If that is the case all you need to do is have a fill under fluoro. And tell them to numb you up next time!

What do you mean by having a fill under fluoro? 

Fluoroscope – a process where the fills are done with the use of an xray and drinking barium to see how tight the band is.   The initial cost may be more expensive than doing “blind" fills, but over all it may be cheaper   Example: A fluro fill costs $400.00 while a “blind fill" costs $125.00.   Let’s say it take 4 “blind" fills to get to the same place as 1 fluro fill. In the long run, you would have spent $100.00 more money.  

I saw a 4th Dr today - and she is WONDERFUL!  I explained everything I had gone through during my appointment two weeks ago,and how I was stuck 7+ times. She told me she always numbs her patients, which was good to hear.  She then said she was going to take the saline out, which by my record was 6cc, and then refill it.  She only got out 2 cc - so I wasn't losing my mind, the drs were lying to me that they had filled me 3 cc each previous time, AND she got my port entry on the FIRST try!   I was so nervous going into this appointment, because I had been so upset about my previous appointment, but I was very happy with today's results.  I'm now on a liquid diet for awhile, since I'm basically starting over.  Although I'm not excited about drinking those protein shakes, I'll follow drs orders.  I can already feel the restriction - I've never felt a restriction before so it's kinda scary. Wish me luck as I start this over again, since my surgery was on 9 Dec., and I finally feel the band working. 

One thing she did say to me was it felt like I had a lot of fluid build up around my port.  Maybe that's where the 4cc of saline went that they told me was in my band.

So glad you got results this time!  I can't believe they said they had 6 cc in your band and didn't bother to remove all of the saline before giving you your "fill" to be sure you didn't have a leak!  That is pretty standard. 

    < ---- That should say it all - but in case it doesn't ... CONGRATS!! And glad to see you're finally getting your needs and concerns addressed by someone competent!!!

Good luck, and know we'll always be here for you.