Fill question

[seminole 0]

:help: Hello All,

I have been on here a couple of months and I do not know how the port works. Ok they give you a needle for a fill. What stops the Fluid from running back out of the port an into your body .:grouphug: ....

[Kim_8 2]

Seminole,

There's a tube that runs from the port to the band. When they inject saline into the port it runs through the tube and into the band to fill up the band. I have my fills done under xray so I drink barium and they adjust the fill amount until they see the barium coming through the band in the right amount.

[seminole 0]

Ok Kim,

But what stops the Fluid from running out of the tube? There is not a cap on it, it is punctured when the needle goes in?

[Ms. Vicki 0]

The top of the port where they inject the saline is made similar to the top of a vial of insulin (or any kind of injectable medication). Once the needle is removed, the hole seals itself.