Infected Band

[Aurelia 2]

Has this ever happened to anyone? It started out with port site pain that was very tender to touch...went to see the doc today and now I'm waiting to have a CAT Scan done. He said the band might have eroded.

In a situation like this would they revise it to a sleeve or gastric Bypass? I'm just scared because my weight loss is going great.

[frenchvanilla 0]

Not sure about that ,i was banded 6-26-08 and my port is still kinda sore to this day! My surgeon said that it is that way for some people but he said nothing was wrong with my port, best of luck to you!

[Aurelia 2]

I'm not talking about run of the mill soreness. It hurts to touch...I can't have anything on it. He says my band is most likely infected.

[Melody2006 1]

If I was in your situation I'd go with the sleeve over gastric.

[paracelsus51 0]

I hope they are wrong about the infection. I think you would have to wait until that cleared up to get any revision. I would go with the sleeve too before I would do bypass. I just don't like the idea of my insides being messed up more than they have to be.

[silvers320 12]

I am currently on my 3rd port infection in a little over a year. The first port was replaced - easy additional surgery. I had to wait a month to get a replacement which started to "look" infected so we treated it with IV antibios. I was fine for months and a recent flu has infected the port yet again. I am on IV drugs again and well know next week where we go from here. If you can get it replaced great - its an easy fix

[bethmal 0]

If your incision site is red and hurts that is a sign your band has eroded. The infection travels from the band threw the tubing and into the port.

I only say this because I have had a port infection that is being treated with antibiotics for 2 months. I had and EGD done in August and my band has not eroded.

If the band had eroded it will have to be removed. Some surgeons revise, some surgeons wait for several months and try to reband. It is not suggested to reband.

I hope in your case it is not an erosion.

Good luck!