i was banded aus. 29, 2006 in san antonio, tx. i was doing well with everything. by my 2 week check up i was done 15 pounds. i shortly moved to lousiville, ky oct 3 to finish school. it was there thats i found a doctor to start seeing and would be the one to give me my first fill. after a horrible encounter with this doctor i stopped going to him sometime in nov. there was question as to him damaging my port. i went home in dec 06 and rec'd another fill under x-ray. everything seemed right until i made it back to ky and about a week or so later i had no restriction. the doc said it would just be a lost enough weight and the band could be in need of another fill. because i paid for my band CASH and had no INS. to continue to get fills and fly back to tx was too much. my last fill i rec'd was dec 06. i had gained my weight back (all of it). i moved to peoria, il in nov and now have ins and so forth. i started seeing a doc here. on jan 2 i rec'd my first fill in over a year (under x-ray) that same day i was in the hospital with severe abdominal cramping and pain. i put me down for a week. after having all kinds of test done. everything came back ok. they prescribed my antibiotics for 2 weeks and just said i had ulcers. 2000mg of penicellin daily and 1000m,g of another antibiotic. on jan 18 i went for my follow up and there was nothing left in my fill. i had lost 10 pounds. he was sure i must have a leakage with my history of fills. he gave me another fill (with in hours the abdominal pain was there. 5 days of pain occurred.) the doc sheduled me for port access replacement. on jan 28 i had surgery to replace the port. instead they repostioned it and said they didnt see a leak. i just saw the doc feb 22, i gained 3 pounds. he gave another fill and said to keep in touch and let me know about restriction. since after a week i feel nothing. he said the next stsep would be to try and follow the saline with some type oif contrast and see if there is a leak higher up maybe around the stomach itself. after leaving within hours here i was again with this abdominal pain. it feels as though i got hit by a car in my stomach or severely overdid ab workout. i cant move. i hurt to stand, lay on it, cough evrything. this has being occurring since june 07 but more so now with every fill i have gotten. the option to go back in and totally replace the band is out. im mad completely! came out of pocket and paid all this money (15,000 cash) and another 1000 on just fills from the ky doc and office visits and have had nothing to show for. i would rather my doc just take this thing out and start over again. has anyone ever experienced this abd pain before? or issues with the band not functioning correctly?
please help:frown:
