angel1064

I wish you luck! You will be fine!!!! Please, can you tell me what your symptoms were?

I am new to this forum but have been active over at obesityhelp.com. I need some help. I am making myself crazy. Let me start here. I was banded in Oct 05...didnt start losing till feb/march....had a rough start. LOL. I am down almost 50lbs. I have the VG band and have 8.5 cc's in. My last fill was in NOV. 3 weeks ago i had a pus filled boil (externally) over my port incision....3 days later i went to my surgeon to have it checked. He lanced it with a scalpel and it drained blood/pus for a week. I have a flipped port that we decided to fix and at the same time he thinks i should have my port replaced and repositioned because of this infection i had. He is afraid that there might be some bad cells that would cause a port infection....etc...etc. This boil drained a LOT! so, it leads me to think it wasnt just a superficial thing. NOW, this leads me to say in the last 3 weeks i have gotten SUPER tight. tighter than i was. Havent been able to eat a whole lot at all. I do suck at my Water drinking tho. no nauseau, no reflux or heartburn and no pain. I cannot help but think my band is slipped or eroded! I cant seem to stop thinking about it and i am losing sleep over it. The more I read on the internet on these the more nervous and anxious i get. Someone please...if you have experience with either...help me stop obsessing....do you think my band is ok? Or am i just over reacting? Rose

I am new to this forum but have been active over at obesityhelp.com. I need some help. I am making myself crazy. Let me start here. I was banded in Oct 05...didnt start losing till feb/march....had a rough start. LOL. I am down almost 50lbs. I have the VG band and have 8.5 cc's in. My last fill was in NOV. 3 weeks ago i had a pus filled boil (externally) over my port incision....3 days later i went to my surgeon to have it checked. He lanced it with a scalpel and it drained blood/pus for a week. I have a flipped port that we decided to fix and at the same time he thinks i should have my port replaced and repositioned because of this infection i had. He is afraid that there might be some bad cells that would cause a port infection....etc...etc. This boil drained a LOT! so, it leads me to think it wasnt just a superficial thing. NOW, this leads me to say in the last 3 weeks i have gotten SUPER tight. tighter than i was. Havent been able to eat a whole lot at all. I do suck at my water drinking tho. no nauseau, no reflux or heartburn and no pain. I cannot help but think my band is slipped or eroded! I cant seem to stop thinking about it and i am losing sleep over it. The more I read on the internet on these the more nervous and anxious i get. Someone please...if you have experience with either...help me stop obsessing....do you think my band is ok? Or am i just over reacting? Rose

Hi! Well, I am waiting for my surgeon to call me. I emailed the nurses and they are forwarding it to Dr. Jones. I have requested a barium swallow before my surgery. There really is no pain at all th. It doesnt hurt in the least.