andrea71

I was woundering if anyone else has experienced having a port getting infected causing the wound to open up to expose the port...then had to have the port removed. This has had happened to me this past January and had my port removed on Febuary 17:ohmy: I was also 16 months post op from the band. I am so frustrated and the weight is starting to creep up and the surgeon will not replace the port until my wound is completely healed up. The problem is the the surgeon left my wound opened and had me doing wet to dry dressing with very little improvement, I had even asked for another kind of dressing like the aqua cell...the surgeon said NO. I know a little about wound care...I am a nurse. I finally asked if I could go see a wound specialist after 7 weeks of those darn wet to dry dressing. I got my appointment within only a couple of days...The wound care doc was so upset that he needed to clean up after this surgeon, he didn't think that it was his responbility...but he did eveything that needed to be done, like a wound culture that my surgeon never did, and changed my dressing changes to the aqua cell that I aked from my surgeon. The wound care Doc want me to have an MRI to find out where my tubing is located...he was thinking that the tubing needs to be taken out also. I have an appointment to go back to the wound clinic on wednesday...we will see whats next.

Cathy ....a wet to dry dressing changes are old school thinking. With the modern day treatment they are hardly used...my wound care doc laughted when I told him what kind of dressing that my surgeon wanted me to use.

Thanks restless monkey....my co-workers also think that my surgeon is incompetent. They keep telling me that I need to go into one of the Boston hospital and get better treatment and care. It's funny that you mention a sloppy fill...I had a fill about 2 days before the infection started..and she (surgeon) missed my port.

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I had my surgery on 9/11.. and i'm only down 28 pounds, I haven't lost any weight in the past 2 weeks. I go for my first fill on 10/24, I can't wait...hopefully I will start to lose again.

I'm also going to have my surgery on September 11, and I can't wait.

I have BCBS and didn't have any problems getting my surgery approved. I had my approval letter in hand after one week of seeing my MD. I guess it all depends on the state that you live in. Good luck!

Hello everyone... I have my date for surgery schduled on 9/11

I am also going to be banded on 9/11.