BAD fill - Is it possible?? -PLS HELP!

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I had my first fill today. There was 3cc in my band and I did feel some restrictions but she went ahead and put 1.5 more cc in there. I was sick, so she took it out and told me I am sensative to fill and will need to take Children's Motrin to get rid of the swelling and with any future fills will need to start the Childrens Motrin the morning of my fills.

Anyone else had these problems?

Banded 7/24/09

First fill 8/24/09,

Beginning 229/Now 204/Wanna be 140

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My doctor always hits the port, pulls Fluid in to the syringe and then adds the additional to make sure it is in there. I always imagined feeling a cold liquid sensation under my skin if they missed the port.

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i too can feel the "pop" when the needle is inserted into the port correctly. there is some pressure, then the pop. my doctor also pulls out the Fluid that is there before he tries to add any. he has also mentioned that it almost pushes itself back into the syringe because its under pressure or something like that. i can see it fill the syringe without him pulling, well, at first, then to get the last bit he does.

that said, i have to tell you what happened once. i had gone it for a fill. everything went as it normally did. got the needle in, pulled the Fluid out. we chatted about if how much to try, drank the nasty barium for the fluoro. added fluid, i go home. well, i had less restriction from the get go. waited a few days as sometimes it has taken up to a week for the fill to really take. let 2 weeks go by and nothing. no restriction what so ever! so i go back to the doctor and tell him. he gets the needle in and goes to draw out the fluid. NO FLUID (well like .2).

he says this isnt good. you may have a leak. i am a bawling mess right there on the table. i am self pay and went to Mexico and just could not afford to replace the band. he says only 2 times before had he ever NOT put the fluid back in. this didnt help me at all. i just layed there and cried. he decides to add the amt of fluid i SHOULD have had. and then we would see. either i would have restriction again, or it would leak out and i would know there was a problem.

so, yeah. i have restriction. not a problem since then with losing fluid. in fact, i have not had another fill since then. and everything is working tip top shape.

so mistakes happen. and they suck. but hopefully you are just not at enough of a fill to find your sweet spot. good luck!