Self-Fill are you doing this?

[nailpro00 71]

i did not even know this was an option. if the port is right under your skin then why would the dr have a hard time getting to the port?

[TeganRheana 1]

Umm the word irresponsible comes to mind. Let me think.... Never.

[Foxxy 0]

No way, Jose!

[kookaburra64 0]

I personally wouldn't risk it unless I was a nurse. Mistakes can be very costly.

i am a nurse and i don't think i would do it. but prob like any skill if taught properly can be done

[john47 0]

Originally Posted by mango24

I use my meat injector to self fill all the time. I fill it when I need to and unfill it when I wanna party. Whaooo

I fill it with whatever I have on hand. In Nov. I had the garlic butter sauce for the turkey, so I just went ahead and used it. Why waste?

First I rub an ice cube on my port area, then I rub some oragel on it. Then I let my hubby inject me cause I just can't do it myself.

I do admit the needle is way big. One time I actually had to give myself one stitch to close the hole on my tummy. I used some dental floss.

The tip of needle the doctor uses for fills is bent. I did have to take the meat injector needle and bend it before I used it. I took it outside and pushed it down on the cement till it bent.

This self fill method is really working for me. For Christmas I filled it with rum sauce from my bread pudding.

I tryed the meat injector needle as you recomended , However the needle was too long and poked all the through me and into my moms new leather couch, I strongly recomend against self fills, You to could ruin your moms couch.

Stop it, Stop it, I got banded yesterday and all this laughing is making my sides hurt :sad:

[Cassy 0]

Lap Band Surgery $10,000 cash

Needle $1.00

Sterile Saline $5.00

F*cking up your band all by yourself...PRICELESS

[saffy255 0]

Exactly...

Why pay all that money for the best surgeon you can, and spend a week in pain, and then spwnd weeks getting your head around stuff to Eff up your band???

Are you bonkers???

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,282]

I use my meat injector to self fill all the time. I fill it when I need to and unfill it when I wanna party. Whaooo

I fill it with whatever I have on hand. In Nov. I had the garlic butter sauce for the turkey, so I just went ahead and used it. Why waste?

First I rub an ice cube on my port area, then I rub some oragel on it. Then I let my hubby inject me cause I just can't do it myself.

I do admit the needle is way big. One time I actually had to give myself one stitch to close the hole on my tummy. I used some dental floss.

The tip of needle the doctor uses for fills is bent. I did have to take the meat injector needle and bend it before I used it. I took it outside and pushed it down on the cement till it bent.

This self fill method is really working for me. For Christmas I filled it with rum sauce from my bread pudding.

I can see it now...on the front page of the Enquirier.....

How I used Duck Tape, a paper clip and a straw to LAP-BAND® myself!!!!

<Yet another use for Duct Tape>....who here has seen Idocracy :smile2::bored:

I don't care who you are... that's funny!

...and for anyone who thought these might possibly be real posts... *sigh*

To answer the topic seriously, no I would never attempt to do my own unfill - unless - everyone one earth disappeared and I was the only person left.

[jenny470 0]

Wow , why joke about something serious

I use my meat injector to self fill all the time. I fill it when I need to and unfill it when I wanna party. Whaooo

I fill it with whatever I have on hand. In Nov. I had the garlic butter sauce for the turkey, so I just went ahead and used it. Why waste?

First I rub an ice cube on my port area, then I rub some oragel on it. Then I let my hubby inject me cause I just can't do it myself.

I do admit the needle is way big. One time I actually had to give myself one stitch to close the hole on my tummy. I used some dental floss.

The tip of needle the doctor uses for fills is bent. I did have to take the meat injector needle and bend it before I used it. I took it outside and pushed it down on the cement till it bent.

This self fill method is really working for me. For Christmas I filled it with rum sauce from my bread pudding.

Edited September 23, 2009 by jenny470

[Sooverit! 1]

KIdding aside ...there was a post or I read in a med journal about a new lapband that is being designed to be filled over the phone! Honestly the doctor can send a signal....I've only had 3 fills and I wouldn't want any more I know you can't get to many more than that. So I don't get it...unless you have 100s of lbs to lose then the fat pad around the stoma would change i guess.

[ElfiePoo 109]

LAP-BAND® Surgery $10,000 cash

Needle $1.00

Sterile Saline $5.00

F*cking up your band all by yourself...PRICELESS

OMG...ROFLMAO!!! Best response yet! This one is going to keep my snickering all day!

.

[ElfiePoo 109]

I am a diabetic and have been giving myself injections for a couple years (but soon to be a think of the past...yeah!) so the *idea* of doing my own fills isn't a scary thing. I know where my port is and I'm sure they could train me to do it.

That said, I'm not interested. Mainly because as someone else said, the temptation to 'tweak' so I could have a day of eating or 'tweak' so I couldn't eat anything (to make up for it) would be too great.

I'll let the professionals do what they do best.

Love this thread. Some of the responses have been hysterical, although I admit that those who took them seriously were even more so. :thumbup:

[BetsyB 9]

I tryed the meat injector needle as you recomended , However the needle was too long and poked all the through me and into my moms new leather couch, I strongly recomend against self fills, You to could ruin your moms couch.

:thumbup::laugh::thumbup: As a mom with a leather couch, I really have to second this advice. I'd be really pissed if my kids perforated it with a marinade injector. A hole AND a stain?! No way.

I'm an RN, and I wouldn't self-fill. I think I probably could, and understand the reasons why people might want to, but can't think of any real reason why I might need to.

Even if I were a million miles away from home, I'm pretty sure I could find a physician able to communicate with my doctor on the phone or online if s/he needed instructions.

If I were traveling somewhere I didn't know anyone medical, I would probably ask my doctor for physician referrals at my destination in case I had a problem. My most frequent destination, though, happens to be a city where I'd know, immediately, which ER to use; there are bariatric surgeons in abundance, and support for bandits is plentiful.

[mominkansas 2]

after my experience yesterday with prolapse, no way would I consider self filling!

[AE09 3]

I would say no way...I'm an ER nurse and Ive seen too many people do dumb stuff and really screw themselves up!! My doc, who does this daily, had a difficult time filling me, I personally wouldn't risk it!