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:help: My surgeon doesn't do the fills with flouroscope, he says it's not necessary. I asked if he has ever acccidentally punctured the tubing when doing a fill. To my absolute surprise he said it happens all the time. He said I wouldn't need to pay for the surgery to repair the tubing if it was punctured. I don't want to have surgery again and again because he keeps puncturing my tubing and I don't want to lose restriction. I haven't gone ahead with my surgery yet. What you do you think? Should I trust the doctor and hope he doesn't puncture my tubing? Bluebutterfly

Thank you everyone who responded. I am Australian and so is my surgeon. If I have surgery with him I have to get my fills from him. He uses the helioscopie band and is the only one I know of in my area who uses this band. He won't do fills under flouroscope, he said it would cost AUS$200 (each fill) and it's not necessary. His response that tubing punctures "happen all the time" is not a good enough. I am going to cancel my surgery. Butterfly