sbell85

Just wanted to post that my sister and I went to Dr. Garwood at Bryan/College Station, Tx. We were very impressed with him and his staff. They were all very friendly and seemed to be much more knowledgeable than what we had experienced with our surgery and the doctor that did it. We went to Dr. Garwood for our first fill and mine was a bit of an ordeal as I have still been in pain even though my surgery was in Dec. 2007 and I got my first fill last month, March of 2008. Our doctor placed our ports up high on our right rib area. Mine is a bit higher than my sisters and mine had already flipped as I had suspected with the amount of pain I still experience. The doc that did the surgery placed our ports out of pure convenience for him to do fills as he does not do them under fluro...after things we had experienced and the fact that that doc was going to charge us an additional outrageous amount for ever our very first fill, led us to search for someone else. So far we have yet to run across anyone that has had their port placed like ours or any docs that do it like this. I'm very disatisfied with the lack of after care service and with how much pain I had initially and still have. I am now looking at having to have another surgery to correct the port and move it to a more secure area. Any bending, twisting, leaning, muscle activity sets the pain off worse than the normal pain that is always there, feels like my rib muscles are tearing apart at times. Anyway, Dr. Garwood is trying to help see what and when something can be done to fix mine and has just been super nice and really, really knowledgeable. So if anyone is looking for a fill doc around the Central Tx area, I would highly recommend him and his staff to anyone. Sincerely, Sherrie in Tx

Hi, I'm new to the forum and very glad to find such large site for lapbands. I got my lapband done in Houston with the same doctor that my sister used. She was banded on 12/12/07 and I finally got mine done on 12/21/07. I have lost 29 lbs. but hit a standstill last week as I didn't lose anything this past week. I did have alot of pain and discomfort after sugery and still have pain at the port site. My port is on the left, below my left breast just nearly right on my bra line, on top of my ribs. That has been the most painful part of my surgery. I'm hoping this will go away as it is very annoying at the moment. I'm also finding it hard to get my protein and water in each day. I'm looking forward to all the great information that everyone has shared on the site.:tt1:

Hey sis, Will talk to ya tomorrow if I can, you better get more liquids and protein woman!! I had something happen tonight, went to lay down and had that horrible tearing, hot pain when my port is, then pain started going from there straight up that side of my breast bone into my collar bone...I finally gave up trying to lay down and got back up for a bit...took some pain meds...will see if that helps...down by 30 lbs exactly though now!! You do need to call the doc again though...he may need to have new xrays or something done again...anyway...will talk to you soon... love ya!!