Self Fills

[lynnetterjohnson 1]

Been banded for ten years now and due to being banded out of the country(Mexico) no one will touch me. For the first five yrs I had a great fill Dr in Chicago but he stopped doing fills.I live in Mo. and after four years of no fills I needed one. After sooooooooooooo much frustration dealing w/an inexperienced Dr. doing my fill and band slippage I decided to do it myself. Luckily I was able to "borrow" a fill needle set on my last visit, went to walgreens and picked up spray saline/sodium chloride..I will be doing my own fill and will keep you posted on how it goes......if anyone else does self fills please e-me @ lynnetterjohnson@yahoo.com

[MelissaNY 16]

im sorry say, but i think you are crazy to do your own fills, Im sorry but i can not not say anything. You stole from your Dr's office on top of it. You say unexperienced dr's doing your fills, well what do you think you are? this post makes no sense and i can not even believe it, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING??????

[lynnetterjohnson 1]

im sorry say, but i think you are crazy to do your own fills, Im sorry but i can not not say anything. You stole from your Dr's office on top of it. You say unexperienced dr's doing your fills, well what do you think you are? this post makes no sense and i can not even believe it, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING??????

Well girlie, wait till you're ten yrs out and are tired of quack drs. getting two hundred bucks a pop and them being afraid they will put to much fill in so u have to keep coming back at two hundred bucks a pop...I think I more than paid for my needle...didn't ask for negative comments, just info from peeps doing their own fills so back off !

[Jess55 97]

I'm not gonna comment on you doing your own fills, but why even bother to post that you are if you didn't want negative comments?

[aliciab 8]

I concur.

[Nechama L 4]

Did you actually think you were going to get positive comments? It sounds dangerous and just plain stupid to be doing it yourself. The only luck I wish you is that you don't end up doing major damage to yourself. Also, there is no excuse for stealing. You are not judge and jury to determine that your brand of justice fits the injustice served.

[screeden 21]

I personally would not do my own fills, i would be afraid i would do more harm than good. Have you tried Dr. Malley or Dr. Fearing in Shawnee Ks? i don't know if they will take on pt's that had it done out of the country or not.

check them out. can't hurt to find out.

[MelissaNY 16]

Well girlie, wait till you're ten yrs out and are tired of quack drs. getting two hundred bucks a pop and them being afraid they will put to much fill in so u have to keep coming back at two hundred bucks a pop...I think I more than paid for my needle...didn't ask for negative comments, just info from peeps doing their own fills so back off !

girlie me all you want, but it seems u are the girl.

Im sure there a ton of "peeps" as u call them that are doing their own fills, ( ya right) and will be quick to respond to your ridiculous post on a PUBLIC FORUM.

[lynnetterjohnson 1]

I'm not gonna comment on you doing your own fills, but why even bother to post that you are if you didn't want negative comments?

Just asked for info from anyone who has done this, what don't you all understand about that!!!!!!!!!!

[NJGirl32 43]

OMG-that really does sound so dangerous. Please don't do it. You risk the chance of puncturing your tubing or worse (infection). I understand your frustration-really I do. Surely there is someone who will do the fill for you! EVen if you have to travel a bit. I know many Bandsters get their surgery in Mexico but the fills in the US. Could you possibly contact the doc who did your surgery and ask him if he could recommend one? If you post your city, maybe some fellow bandsters could steer you in the right direction .

[bellarn09 1]

Ok, I get that you are trying to make a frustrating situation better. My husband and I are both nurses and would never consider this. We have a nurse friend that started do her own fills. Long story short, major infection that led to removal of band. Not worth it. Also, it as so infected it had to be an OPEN surgery, so the scar ain't pretty.

[bellarn09 1]

Ok, I get that you are trying to make a frustrating situation better. My husband and I are both nurses and would never consider this. We have a nurse friend that started do her own fills. Long story short, major infection that led to removal of band. Not worth it. Also, it as so infected it had to be an OPEN surgery, so the scar ain't pretty.

[Lynn Schmibo 1]

I would remove this post if u don't want to look like a fool , otherwise it is just another FOOLISH POST!

[emily5000 5]

Instead of doing your own fills, you should try to find an RN that will do it for you. At my mom's surgeon's office, his RN holds "fill" parties and charges only like $75 bucks a pop to be filled. This wold be a safer way to go than to fill and unfill yourself. I know RN's that do this around the country. It is a cheaper route then having to go to the surgeon's office. Also you can make sure that the needles and saline that you are using are safe and the right ones!

[lynnetterjohnson 1]

Instead of doing your own fills, you should try to find an RN that will do it for you. At my mom's surgeon's office, his RN holds "fill" parties and charges only like $75 bucks a pop to be filled. This wold be a safer way to go than to fill and unfill yourself. I know RN's that do this around the country. It is a cheaper route then having to go to the surgeon's office. Also you can make sure that the needles and saline that you are using are safe and the right ones!

I would love to get more info on this...thanks