Emergency Surgery

[AZPete 20]

So its been a while since I have posted but I felt that I needed to share this. I went in for a fill Tuesday morning. Recieved a 4cc fill and thought everything was fine. I hadn't had much in there in the two years since my initial surgery. Well I left the Dr.'s office and soon reallized that I could not get any fluids down, and soon there after began to throw up violently. I called them Tuesday evening and informed them that I had been vomitting quite a few times, around a dozen times, all dark brown Fluid. Wednesday morning I showed up at their door when they opened and said that I needed help. They immediately tried to remove some of the fill. Nothing came out. He tried again, this time one or two drops came out, and no relief. They speculated that it was swelling from the fill and to give it some time, but not too much as I was dehydrating by the hour. At 2:00 I called them informing them that the vommitting was getting worse and that I was feeling ill and weak. They immediately ordered me into the hospital for IV fluids and tests. So Wed. turns into my first day at the Hospital, Thursday I take a GI swallow test with something other than barium and the radiologists says that not one drop is getting by my band. But there is no slip, no errosion etc. At this time my surgeon visits me and informs me that I need immediate surgery, believing I have a bent or kinked port tube. Long story short I wake up in recovery with way more pain than the initial surgery. They found the defective part of the port and fixed it and relocated my port to the other side and used a low profile port. Story goes on and I did spend four days in the hospital. I had some crazy complications to the surgery involving an inability to urinate and bleeding due to catheterization. But all is well now. I couldn't say enough good things about my Surgeon and Nurse Practicioner. I know that I am in good hands.

[lapbandtalker 0]

Bless your heart! So it was the port....gosh. Come back and update us in a week or so......is everything 'normal' now?

So glad you stood up for yourself because you KNEW something wasn't right.

[AZPete 20]

So I am feeling better everyday now. I can eat anything I want however I refuse to. I didn't go through that kind of pain to only gain weight. I have a follow up on Friday, and my first fill will be in a month. They ended up removing all of my fill which was 10cc. so I have little to no restriction. I am happy with everything though. I have a great surgeon and great Nurse Practioner that take great care of me. I will update if anything changes.