How to tell if the Doc actually hit the port?

conrad · January 16, 2008

I have been filled two times since initial banding (01/06). Both times he had trouble finding the port, but I felt the fill around my esophagus immediately.

I went today for a third fill and he just inserted the needle and pushed the fill in. . . but I had no sensation around my esophagus. Nothing. I can eat and drink just like I could before.

I am wondering if he didn't miss the port. He was kind of scatterbrained and made the comment "my kids are driving me crazy."

I called his office and made a follow-up appointment for Monday...but before I go down I just want to make sure that everyone feels that fill as it is pushed in.

Right now I am suppose to have 7cc...have no idea the size of my band.

Any comments on how to handle this is appreciated. Thanks :smile:

Daisalana · January 16, 2008

I was filled 5 times (allegedly!) and my port was completely flipped. I swear I felt something 2 of the times. I felt like a gurgling, and.. I dunno, I felt it.

And the initial scraping feeling that came from them poking the back of the port, and front of the port felt identical to me.

So I honestly couldn't feel a difference between real fills and fake fills, except for the restriction afterward.

But I never feel like I feel my band actually inflating, so I don't feel it as it is 'pushed in'.

They initially thought I was up to 3.5cc in a 4cc, and I felt NOTHING restriction wise. Now I have 1.5cc in the 4cc and I feel extremely tight.

If you think it's not going in, ask them to do it under fluero. That's how they finally caught mine.