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yes she is and she is really great, and i have had a real bad fill dr. to compare her to. she is the best. go to fill centers usa and set up for the st.pete office not tampa her name is Kathy Gonzales you wont be sorry. good luck and take care. barb

newlady, that sound sooo much like what happened to me, i was banded in MX , so i had to go back and the DR. moved my port to my right and down a little, healed up great with the reposition, never really found out what was the cause tho, that was in Jan of '07, not a single problem since. but i had my whole port incesion open up on me and draind 24/7 the same as you describe, but i had a hole in my belly for 7 monthes. thought i would go crazy, finally I told the Dr. IWANT MY PORT MOVED and he did and all has been great since, i was months behind on fills by then, and the weight lose islow but i am happy i'm down 105, been stalled for months, anyway i hope this may help alittle, and no the heat packs did not help me. take care, Barb

jc i could not agree with you any more, Kathy Gonzales in St. Pete is the best, i have also gone to tampa, and would have gone back but decided to try St. Pete and omg was i glad i did. in my opinion she is the best, every bit as good as the Dr. in mexicali wich are really great, but without all the travel time. luv. luv, her. Barb

i think a place in sarasota would be great, i live in Palmetto, fl. and so far have been back to Mexico twice and too tampa once, but would rather go o sarasota, 300.00 for initial visit maybe, but not every fill i hope. the fillcenter is 155.00 plus 75.00 if you want floro, after your first 300.00. anyway i'm sure ther are a lot of us out there that would love to have a provider in Sarasota or Bradenton , thanks for trying to get this ball rolling. Barbara

hi dipthong, what i had done was a whole new procedure, i had to have my port moved to a different location, what you need done should be alot easier and less costly, i'm assuming you had your surgey here in the states, i had mine in Mexico, so i am not sure about cost, but procedure wise it should not be bad at all, it cost me 1850.00fir my relocation plus the flight , but boy was it worth it to me, i struggled for 7 monthes with a draining, open port incesion that just would not heal, the culture showed no infection, weired,i was behind in getting fills becauce no one here would give me one while i was open, i'm going in the morning for my 3rd, hope that goes ok, only been filled in mx by my surgen, when did you have your surgery? mine was 6/06, only down 50 lbs, got a late start at it. i hope your replacment goes good, it really should be real easy, i had to be put to sleep and the whole thing (hated that). but this time i healed up real quick and thank god i am doing great. wish i could have helped with the cost factor but i really don't know about how much that runs here, should not be to bad tho. i wish you all the best, take care, Barb

yes, dooneyjc, i did i struggled with a constant draining port incesion for 7 months until i finnally had the port repostioned, took it out of oringinal site and put alittle to the right, btw this is the first time i have ever posted, i have been here reading and learning since i was banded in june 06, you all are great, i have learned so much and when i am concerned about something i most always can find the answers here, take care