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I had my port replaced on Nov 14, because I had a leakage in the port. It took me 3-4 monthes of getting fills then it being empty or almost empty. When they did the replacement they filled it to much. I could not swallow my on saliva. when I went in for an unfill today I had lost 12 lbs in 3 days. I was so happy to get a drink of water, I am going back in 2 weeks to a refill. He said I needed to let my stomach rest, because it was too hard on it for those 3 days. But now I know I am on the upward bound. I want to have lost down to 199 by Jan 1,2009 so I need to loose another 14lbs.

I am also set to have a port replacement on Friday. I hope it is quick. I am so ready to get things back to normal again.

How can you tell if your band has stretched. I have been getting fills every 2 weeks since middle of July. When they pull the fluid before the fill it is always less than the prior week. ex. 7cc then 2 weeks later 4.6cc. I have had port study and all looked good they said but I still have no restriction at all. The last restriction I had was in June and the Dr said it was to full (6.3cc) so he took out .4cc but when I came back there was only 4.6cc and I have been on the downhill trip ever since.When they pull out the fluid it very sluggish to get out and this last week they could not tell me how much was there because it would not come out. I am very upset with this, I had lost 55 lbs prior to this. I had my surgery in Sept 2007. Can anyone give me any suggestions??

My Dr put the amount of fluid he is going to put in the needle first, then when it is injected to the port he pulls out what is in the band, then puts it back in along with the amount he has in there for the fill.

Thanks so much you guys for listening to me. I will keep you updated on what happens.

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if the port has flipped or tube has a kink in it, how do they repair it?