Stomach swelling after 2nd fill?

mandi78 · November 20, 2007

The nurse practitioner dug around in there forever doing my fill....it was not pleasant. Now my stomach (not my actual stomach but my belly on the outside) is a bit swollen and soft like it was after surgery. Is this normal?

coolrn2000 · November 20, 2007

Your stomach is probably swollen because of all the torture. Did she finally hit your port? I had the doc and his p.a. stick me at least ten times. I had to get filled at the hospital by a radiologist. It sucked:(

The only reason to be concerned, if the swelling doesn't go away after a couple of days, and if there is drainage or you have a fever. Hopefully, you won't get an infection.

Good Luck

chubster808 · November 20, 2007

This is not acceptable. This also happened to me with up to 10 sticks per fill by an incompetent PA who is no longer with my particular bariatric program. Ultimately, my port became infected and had to be removed. I blame the PA and his fill practice. Now I only let the surgeon do my fills and he has agreed to do so. He numbs the area with a local anathesia so I feel nothing. He gets it every time with one stick. I also request that he swab the area with both betodine and alcohol. Maybe I am kinda paranoid about infection but hey, I had to endure 2 additional surgeries due to the infection. I dont want to scare you but you need to raise the issue with that nurse so that you can avoid any potential infections.