Port Worked its Way OUT of my Body

Deannaintx · 10-18-2009, 06:48 PM

This happen to anyone else? :D

The full story is in my bio, but yes, one morning I woke up and I could see my port sticking halfway out of my abdomen. (shades of Alien, lol)!

Long Story Short: I no longer have a port, nor half the tube, but since it decided to give back, after it finally closed up & let me have 1 month of normal living, I came down with a major infection and no way to fix it. This short story has been going on for over 6 months now.

My original dr is 1300 miles from here and not practicing. I do know another doc in Mexico who might be able to remove it for 3-4 k, but I no longer have any place to stay there and don't have 3-4 k either, lol.

I'm not working, but my roommate does and we'd have to count her income as mine, so I can't qualify for any medical help.

Anyone have creative ideas? :D

HappyHomeCC · 10-18-2009, 11:04 PM

All I can say is WoW ... I have no suggestions as I have no clue. I can say however you look "fabulous darling"
and you are one tough chick!
I hope you find a solution and someone who can help you.

jms462001 · 11-01-2009, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Deannaintx

This happen to anyone else? :D

The full story is in my bio, but yes, one morning I woke up and I could see my port sticking halfway out of my abdomen. (shades of Alien, lol)!

Long Story Short: I no longer have a port, nor half the tube, but since it decided to give back, after it finally closed up & let me have 1 month of normal living, I came down with a major infection and no way to fix it. This short story has been going on for over 6 months now.

My original dr is 1300 miles from here and not practicing. I do know another doc in Mexico who might be able to remove it for 3-4 k, but I no longer have any place to stay there and don't have 3-4 k either, lol.

I'm not working, but my roommate does and we'd have to count her income as mine, so I can't qualify for any medical help.

Anyone have creative ideas? :D

Where do you live? You may need to have the roommate move out for awhile until you can get on your state's health plan. That sounds horrible and very serious. I can't believe they didn't just get it out of you while you were at the hospital.

vmills · 11-03-2009, 04:11 AM

I am so sorry to hear about your problems. I too have had a lot of problems with my mexico placed band. I have insurance but it will not cover LAP-BAND® placement and only $5000 lifetime max for complications, but all docs here at home want a $1000 cash program starting fee then the money I have with insurance would cover at best one procedure. So I have spent a lot of money running back & forth to mexico for these complications. I now as we speech am waiting to hear from Dr. Gonzalez to see if he will help with this new problem. I have had one hell of a year because I have spent most of it recovering from these complications. See my newest post for details. Hang in there it will workout some way.