Crumer

My fill port became disconnected from the tube after 17 months. I experienced rather sharp pains moving around different areas of my abdomen. It was reconnected in December and everything is back to normal now with no more pains. After going to my doctor, he ordered an X-Ray and was able to see the problem immediatly, although the radiologist sent a report that missed the problem. If you go this route, make sure the X-Ray image itself is sent to your specialist and that he doesn't rely totally on the radiologist written report. Good Luck.

Thankfully, I never had to wear compression stockings following this surgery. I had to wear them for months following hip replacement surgery 10 or so years ago. That part was worse than the surgery itself. Glad to hear you are feeling better.

Wanted to give you a day to get over the immediate side effects of the surgery before inquiring on how it as going. Hope you are feeling much better and quickly recovering. I'm personally amazed at how quickly I'm recovering from this re-connection surgery. Even though I wasn't sure the occasional sharp pains in my abdominal area were really due to a disconnected tube, I have not had any since my surgery, so am now convinced that was the cause. Let me know how you are doing, and wishing you a speedy recovery.

Same to you and your family. Thanks for taking the time to send your Holiday Greetings.

I had a great night last night. Was already able to sleep on my side, and I had solid food (chicken noodle soup) and handled it just fine. I have read and studied so much about the lap band procedure and would like to try and put your mind at ease a little. The reconnection is very simple and stastically you will definately come through it just fine. Secondly, although I can only speak for myself, it literally saved my life and had the benefit of making me feel so much better about myself. You can and will lose the weight with your band! I'm thinking of you as you are probably in surgery now. Again good luck and Merry Christmas to you and your family. I know you will have a great next year.

I'm feeling much better today. I was able to drink coffee with no problem this morning. The night was much better, but fairly painful trying to turn over to lay on my side. I was given a liquid pain medication but it did no good the first night since I was completly restricted and just coughed it up immediatly after taking it. Last night I could have probably taken it and it would have helped. I am strange with pain meds though and will ony use them if I am desperate so didn't even try it last night. I was in the hospital for only about two hours which included prep and recovery. The surgery itself only took about 20 minutes. I feel great about the procedure though since I already know what the outcome will be. 80 Lbs. already lost with only around 10 to 15 more to go and all of the associated problems I had before now eliminated (diabetes, Sleep Apnea, hight blood pressure, high cholestral) makes it sooo worth it. Good Luck

Was reconnected yesterday with a new port. Pretty uncomfortable right now. Much the same as the initial surgery, but he only had to put two holes in my stomach versus the 5 or so for the initial installation of the band. It was an outpatient surgery and therefore didn't stay overnight in the hospital where they most probably gave me pain killers intervienously. He moved the new port location to the opposite side of the stomach. He filled it to what I had before the tube became detached. Since he put 6cc in all at once, and I had been unrestricted for several months, I had a pretty rough first night. I think so much fill all at once caused swelling and completely stopped any flow through the band. Today, I can feel (and hear) a small trickle passing from the pouch to my stomach. I am assuming that will continue to get better as the swelling goes down. So far no internal pains like I had before, only the pain from the incesions. Good Luck.

Hi Mixxie, The same thing has happened to my band port and tubing. An Xray showed the tube had become disconnected from the port. I first noticed a lack of restriction in September 2012. I was banded in April of 2011. I experienced sharp abdominal pains as well. Anyway, I am going back to have it fixed within the next couple of weeks. It will be an out patient surgery, but will still have to go under. My Dr. told me he would put two holes in my stomach for a camera and grasper, then flush out the band and tubing and reconnect the tube to a new port. He wasn't too worried about the loose tubing even after I expressed my concern with the abdominal pains. Told me there had been some complications reported with a loose tube but they were so rare that I shouldn't worry. Are you still with a disconnected tube to your port? Anyway, good luck.

Unfortunately loutenia, I have no clue how to send a "noted" back so I'll have to answer this way.

I was banded in April of 2011 at 70 years old I am now 71 and have lost 70 pounds to date. I am 6 foot tall and started at 300 pounds. It was the best decesion I have ever made in my life! I was diabetic, had high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and couldn't walk more than a block before needing to rest. All the preceding have been eliminated and I truely feel at least 10 years younger. It was an uneventful recovery and I will probably make my goal weight (decided by my Dr. and I) by my one year anniversary. Medicare took care of my surgery and the only drawback was they required me to stay in the hospital for 24 hours following surgery despite my surgeon releasing me the same day as my surgery. A small price to pay for the benefits I received. Good luck and let me know how things go. Crumer