megan71

Has anyhone had a tummy tuck and had their port put under their muscle??? Have you had any fills or unfills if so how did they go?

Hi, just wondering does anyone have their port placed under the muscle? I had a tummy tuck 18 months after lapband and my surgeon placed my port under the muscle. Which is fabulous as you can't see or feel it, however I need an unfill and havn't had anything done for quite some time and my memory of the fill with the port under the muscle was very painful as the port was so hard to find... Has anyone else experienced this?? Thanks for your help.

This is my first post, and I am hoping my first attempt to get some help. I have been banded since OCT 2006 starting weight 126kg getting to my lowest weight December 2008 which was 75kg. I am 5ft10inch I have never been able to eat properly with my band only being able to keep down fluids with most solid food coming back up. I for over 3 years vomit any solid food I eat. Over the past 12 months I have gained back over 10kg of my lowest weight even though my calorie intake would be lucky to exceed 600 calories a day (unless I binge on chocolate!) My daily intake of food is lucky to be a V drink and 2 freddo frogs with the occassional handful of nuts or sometimes I can keep down some Cereal with yogurt. I can't go back to my surgean to have fill taken out for 2 reasons. firstly I had some further surgeries with him that didn't go well and I don't trust him and 2 I am scared if I get fill taken out my weight will go up even further! I recently went and had some tests done and have been diagnosed with something called Adrenal Fatigue, my thyroid is no longer working my Iron along with most other nutrients is dangerously low and they class me as having malnutrition...In short I am killing myself... I know this in my head, I am a smart person, a mum, a successful business owner... but I am petriefied of being fat again (even thought I look at myself at the moment and class myself as extremely overweight since gaining the 10kg) I am booked into a specialist to work on the adrenal fatigue and thyroid but just don't know what to do with regards to my lapband... Please don't come on here and be agressive with me that is not what I need, I need to speak to people that understand me and can help me... My husband is worried (no one else knows I have even had the band done) I cover my fatigue and general unwellness very well but am suffering daily with these chronic symptoms. Sorry for such a long post, I have woken today feeling exceptionally unwell and realise I need to do something before its too late..

Thank you all so much for taking time to reply to me, it means a lot to me to have found people not only who get it but who I can confide in... My husband is the only person who knows I am banded and what I am going through and he I think is at his wits end and doesn't know what to do with me!!!! My husband and I took our children out to lunch today and it really hit home to me as i looked around the restaurant how much I am missing out on not only nutritionally but in general. I miss salad, I miss veges... I miss food!!! I had half a piece of fish at the restaurant and had to visit the bathroom 3 x to bring it up! My 3 year old can eat 10 x the amount of food as me. I am home now hungry exhausted and with a terrible headache...as per usual. Reading that people who have plateaud or put on weight and have gone on to eat more calories or have fill taken out and then lost weight again makes me think maybe after all this time it is time to remove some fill!!! Please keep any advise or stories coming they are all pushing me closer to makeing the life changing decision I know I need to.. I just need some gentle shoves in the right direction.. Thank you so much to you all :frown: