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06-15-2008, 07:38 AM
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#1 | | selfconfessed shoe addict Thread Starter  
Join Date: Jan 2006
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City: Mckinney State: TX | OOPS my band is EMPTY!
Back in May of this year i went in for a fill (my 11th) this would put me at 10 cc in my VG band. I had some restriction before this fill but felt i was able to consume far more then i should so i just wanted a lil more to get me to the point where my hunger would subside faster. I waited days for this fill to kick in kept wondering wow i feel NO RESTRICTION at all this simply can not be. I headed back to the fill center exactly one month later and was given another SMALL fill due to the volume already in my band., this fill would have put me at 10.4 (i keep meticulous records of my fill dates, amounts and loses). Now i start to worry because i feel no restriction what so ever NONE, not even in the morning when usually i can only drink coffee very slowly. On June 6th i went to the fill center and expressed my concerns and sure enough when the technician checked my saline level I WAS EMPTY!! OMG i was freaking out...she put 3.8 back in my band and said come back in a week and we will see if this fluid level is being retained. This was the longest week of my life, i was so stressed out with worry i made my self sick. I was panick stricken at the thought of losing my band due to a complication. I LOVE MY BAND I NEED MY BAND, without my band i would be well over 400 pounds by now. So this past Friday i went back to fill center and she measured my saline and THANK GOD everything she had put in the band the week before was still there!! YAY YAY!! So in short what had happened was when my fluid was aspirated out of me at 10cc SHE MISSED PUTTING IT BACK IN!!!! Im just happy all is ok with my band and i will deal with the temporary set back in having to recoup my fills to get to proper restriction. So all you bandsters out there you know how your body feels and if you feel something isnt right by all means MAKE THEM LISTEN TO YOU!! Human error happens what can ya do! THanks for listening
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06-15-2008, 09:10 AM
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#2 | | Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007 Age: 42
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Was it explained to you how your fills had aspirated?
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06-15-2008, 09:57 AM
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#3 | | selfconfessed shoe addict Thread Starter  
Join Date: Jan 2006
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City: Mckinney State: TX |
When putting the fluid back in the band after it had been pulled out to be measured.....apparently she missed her mark and never went back in my band!
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06-15-2008, 10:34 AM
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#4 | | Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 33
Posts: 164
City: York State: PA |
See that is what I was afraid of too. I pay for my fills and what if they miss my port? I'm paying $200 for a fill of nothing. I posted something on here about two weeks ago about this and others assured me that the docs know if they hit your port or not. I guess not.
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06-15-2008, 12:52 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 46
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City: Santa Barbara County State: CA |
It's good to know that you don't have leak, but sounds very frustrationg to have to go through the stress you've been going through. I would be asking for some money back since the error was their fault.
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06-15-2008, 01:13 PM
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#6 | | selfconfessed shoe addict Thread Starter  
Join Date: Jan 2006
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City: Mckinney State: TX |
Oh yes i made sure they were aware that in no way was i going to be held financially responsible for someones error! And the situation is being taken care of without a problem.
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