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Hey all,

I was banded 10-18-2010 and everything went great, minimal pain in left shoulder and gas pain. Able to swallow Clear liquids with no problem. Went home and no issues and on day 4 woke up and had a hard time getting liquids down. I tried all temperatures of liquids but no change. I had an increase in pain around chest and felt lots of pressure especially after swallowing. Went back to surgeon and he actually took out some Fluid (apparently he leaves a "neutral" amount of Fluid in the band at insertion.) Instantly I felt so much better. Fluids go down fine now and xray shows band is in correct placement. He stated he had never had this happen before and never had to access a port so soon after placement. It didn't hurt at all and I no longer have any fear of fills (the bonus). Just wondering if anyone else had any similar experiences.

Thanks...Nic

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I've heard of it before. It's not all that uncommon, just a first for your doc. :blushing:

They thought they might have to take some of my "starter" fill out too, but I finally settled down to where I could tolerate fluids. Good thing as my port area was VERY tender. I couldn't even think of something accessing that area 4 days out.

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I was banded 10-13 and 6 days later I still couldn't get anything down (I had been admitted to the hospital 3 different times over those 6 days for dehydration). On the 6th day my dr. Finally took out my original fill. He had never had that happen either. He just figured it was all due to swelling. He took that fill out and INSTANTLY I was feeling better. Even he said wow the color just came back to your face. He said he could physically see the improvement in my health when I could finally breath and drink. So yeah at least we know what a fill/unfill feels like but now I'm scared of getting a fill in fear of not being able to drink again.

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