Lap band fill gone wrong?

yell_bell · September 5, 2008

I had my first fill today, and the experience was awful. The doctor could not find my port and had to puncture me about 20-25 times until finally it took. It's about 9 hours later, and I've been feeling this awful shooting pain (probably from the punctures) and a bubbly feeling around my port. Can someone please tell me if this is normal? They told me to expect some gas, or feeling of gas, but it's nothing like that. It's right by the puncture wounds.. someone please reply, I'm nervous!!! And can't get a hold of my surgeon/doctor!

Thank you,

Belle

trinity2008 · September 5, 2008

Hi Belle

My doc knows exactly where my port is and how to get to it fast. He is VERY good at it, and of course I would expect him to since he is the doc who placed it.

Anyway, a few weeks ago I had to go for an unfill unexpectedly after struggling from my 2nd fill for two weeks trying to eat food (vomiting and then I woke up at 4 am with pain in my back and stomach, couldn't swallow saliva). Anyway, my surgeon/doctor was in surgery a the time, so I had to go the their other office in another city where I had to see one of their collegues for an unfill. I have never met him before since I've been with the practice. Anyway, he couldn't find my port at all. I kept telling him where my doc put it, but he just couldn't hit the spot. It took him 10 minutes to find it. My husband said that the way he was jamming and wiggling the needle, trying to find the spot, looked very simliar to liposuction! And for my husband to say it looked pretty horrific, it must have been bad. So that doc ended up hitting the sides of my port, just not getting it. So finally after he was able to unfill, I was EXTREMELY sore, tender, and had sharp pain for about a week. He really did a number on me. I see my surgeon next week to start from scratch on the fills, so I will be letting him know what kind of hell he put me through.

But hang in there. I know exactly how u feel.