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I had my first fill on July 17th. The next day, right where the needle had gone, I had this blood blister looking thing. Wiithin 5 days it was about the size of a dime and had a red rim around it and was filled with pus.:biggrin: What the crap??? I have been on antibiotics and cannot get rid of it. By the next time I need a fill, it will look like a big ol' bullseye! Has anyone had this issue? I have checked with a few of my friends that have been banded and no one has any idea why this happened.

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I needed to reword

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You need to call the surgeon's office tomorrow AM and have them look at it. I'm surprised you haven't done that yet. The office that did the fill needs to see it, not your PCP (I'm figuring that's who gave you the Rx). Don't let this go too long. Best wishes and hope it clears up soon!

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I agree about calling the fill office. This is not normal and should be looked at immediately. If an infection reaches your port and extends to your band, you are in risk.

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Yikes get thee to a doctor or emergency room asap. Any skin infection now can be dangerous. I had a simple bite from a yellow jacket a few years ago, and in 3 days I ended up in the hospital with a major skin infection, cellulitis and had to go on intravenous antibiotics for a week. It was awful, they drew a big purple circle around it and sent me home saying if the redness an swelling goes over the line to come right back in. I went back every afternoon for a week for the intravenous antibiotics. It slowly went away. But scared the crap out of me.

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