Sprung a leak!

Becky · April 11, 2004

Well I went for my fill yesterday and low and behold, couldn't get the job done.. The doctor tried for over a 1/2 hr. and it just wasn't working.. I had written in earlier posts that I was having some abdominal pain/groin pain.. Well I went to my doctor here and they took an xray.. Everything looked fine, he felt I had just pulled a muscle.. But there was all this tubing showing up .. I told him I had the band.. I thought my apendix was rupturing , it was pretty painfu.. So my fill Doctor is asking me to fill him in . So now I go back next Friday and they are going to check this x-ray I have and then do a x-ray (floro) . Doctor feels the worst case scenario will be that they have to do surgery again.. He is hoping that it's just my port and that they can do that with a local anesthic(sp). I had tried to read back on some others who had leaks and what symptoms they had.. I couldn't find any that sounded like mine.. I know the doctor asked me, can you eat bread and beef with no problem?, I said YES. He said you definetly need a fill.. This would have been my 3rd fill.. Sorry this is so long, but I am sure hoping I don't have to go through the surgery again.. I WILL, but hope it can be quickly.. I only lost 2 lbs this month. that was another indication something was wrong.. Well good luck everyone else.. I'll be back up to par in no time.. I hope!!!:

sassaay · April 11, 2004

Hi Becky,

I sure hope everything turns out ok and you don't need more surgery. Please keep us up to date on the doctor's findings. I hope you start to feel better very soon.

Take Care,

Anne

Sheila · April 11, 2004

Hi Becky,

I am sorry to hear about your situation. I hope that whatever is wrong they can fix without another surgery. Hang in there. Let us know how it turns out.

Sheila

patty simpson · April 14, 2004

I am so sorry to hear about that. I just had my leak fixed luckly it was down at the port. So hang in there it is well worth it.

April 15, 2004

I went and had a x-ray today with flouro. It seems that every time I go for a fill my solution is evaporating. Everything looked okay on the x-ray. I have had 3 fills and no restriction, I have restriction for a couple of days and then it goes away. So it looks like I may be in the same boat.