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Underfilled and overfilled!

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Ms. RJ

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Today I finally went back in for another fill. After being reprimanded for seeing another doctor (who was unable to give me a fill), my doctor decided to continue working with me. I only went to see another doctor because his nurse ABSOLUTELY despises me and though she tries to hide it, I can sense it everytime I am there. Anyway, my doctor decided he was going to add 1 cc to what should have already been 5cc. I asked if he would take the fluid out to see if I actually had 5 cc because I had NEVER really fely any REAL restriction. He agreed and after struggling to even access my port for 15 minutes, he attempted to empty my band and realized that just as I had told him for the past 3 months, my band was pretty much empty!! I STILL managed to lose a total of 19 lbs by changing my diet and exercise. Anyway, rather than admitting that they had made a mistake all of the previous visits, they made up several theories as to why my band was empty...maybe my band had a leak or kink in it. MY theory was maybe you weren't actually accessing my port the past 3 visits! I came up with this conclusion when I went to another doctor and after nearly an hour and a floroscopy machine, he was unable to locate it. That made me wonder if my doctor's nurse had actually been accessing it. This time, my doctor gave me the fill, and I can actually tell it's here. It is actually too tight! I am afraid to go back, but I don't know how much more of this I can take. I am only on liquids today, but I am having problems getting them down. "If it ain't one thing, it's another!"

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Wow I really feel for you (no pun intended). That stinks!! My dr always drains out what is in there and then fills it back up. I thought that is what all drs did with ea fill. You might have to go back and demand that you only see the dr since he was able to find the port. If you can't get liquids down you will get dehydrated quick and that will cause further problems. Please take care! I wish you the best!

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An overly tight band is not good, however lets qualify this. If you find it does take some time in the morning like at 6am, (a glass of water over 5 minutes) this is not uncommon. However if you are struggling to consume fluids all day long, this is not correct and you need to go back to the clinic asap, to remove some fluid.

I am sure that the doctors were just wanting to get you started by feeling restricted.

Good luck

Helen Bauzon

Specialist Bariatirc Dietitian

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Well...apparantly there was a kink in the tubing and the 5cc was actually still in me. Therefore, when he added 4cc more, I was COMPLETELY full!! I went back the next morning and he took out 3cc so now I have about 6 cc total. I feel so much better now. I was choking on my own saliva at first, now I have a healthy restriction.

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Happy to hear your little mix up is now corrected I had times where i was aspirating in my sleep literally choking on my own saliva you don't want to be there it's an awful feeling just got unfilled a bit this week. 19 lbs Below goal weight eating much better with some fill removed good luck to you.

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