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make sure that you are tracking your cc's as well as the doctor. you are your best advocate if you feel something is wrong. The doctor should be able to pull out most, especially if you have had more than 2 fills.

HI, hope things are going better for you. I knew there was something wrong with my band when I went from good restriction, to no restriction. While we were doing a fill under floroscopy, you could immediately see that there was a white looking substance that was directly around the port, but it didn't last long. The reason why you can't see it very well is because your body obsorbs it quickly, so the dr. has to be pretty quick, and i had to be laying in a particular way for it to be seen. We saw it once, and then went to do it again, and we didn't see it. He tried to take the saline out to do it one more time, but nothing came out, because the tubing had come apart. So we tried one more time with new saline and i had to remind him how I was position when we saw it leaking. And boom, there it was again. I was lying on my side when it was mot visible. Good luck, and pay attention to how you're laying, watch the monitor so that you can see it also, It is very hard to spot.

Has anyone had a loss of restriction? I have had 3 fills and after this last one, I feel like I can eat just about anything. Any advice?

I did have a definite leak. But since the x-ray to determine that (on Monday). I had this leak fixed on Wednesday and I doing fine. We won't be doing another fill for another 4 weeks, but he did fill it up to where we were prior to the leak, which should at least keep me at the weight I have been at. I was glad that this was quick and easy. Much easier than expected. Thanks for the support.

yes, there was a definite leak. The good thing was that we had this fixed quickly. They found the leak on Monday, I had surgery yesterday and am doing great. We still don't know how the tubing/port was damaged, probably from a fill, but we are back on track again.

I am new to this site, but I have been banded since April 9, 2007. My hightest weight was 250 and I am now down to 219. I have just recently found out that my band may have a leak. I was have had 4 fills and they are not getting out what they have put in. I go in Monday to have this check to see where the leak may be. A little nervous, as I had no idea that they could leak this soon. I want to let everyone know that this is a complication that most physicians don't tell you about.

:clap2:Okay, I do have a leak. It was found through floroscope this past Monday. Once that was discovered, my physician decided that we would get this fixed asap. I had the fix yesterday and am doing great today. I was put to sleep and did take today off to recover, but will be going back to work tomorrow. It was no big deal. I did not get to talk with my doctor, so I am curious as to what the cause of the leak was from. I guess I will get that info next week....

Just came from Dr. office and he thinks that I may have a leak. We will know on Monday when he will put some dye and use the floroscope to see. Today he only pulled about 1/2 of what has been put in through the port. That is not a good sign. Will keep you informed...

Ok, Just went to the Dr.s and he was only able to pull out about 1/2 of the total he has put in. So, that means there is something wrong, possibly a leak. I will have dye put through it on Monday to see where the leak is, if that is the problem. I will update on Monday. It would only happen to me....

I am MUCH more loose and my fill was 4 weeks ago.