fat2nrml Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 Please let us know how you are Caroline, we miss you! > :lb18: :lb4: Darlene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jme Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Hello all. I hate to answer for Caroline but I know it will be several days before she can make it to a computer so I know she won't mind. She called me right after her surgery on Friday and she was doing great. Dr. O and staff took good care of her and moved her port. They cleaned up the old site and stiched it up. They were going to check her everyday until she left Tijuana (which is today). I will let Caroline give all the details, just wanted to let you know she was doing well. Caroline's bestfriend an band buddy, Jayme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat2nrml Posted June 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Hello all. I hate to answer for Caroline but I know it will be several days before she can make it to a computer so I know she won't mind. She called me right after her surgery on Friday and she was doing great. Dr. O and staff took good care of her and moved her port. They cleaned up the old site and stiched it up. They were going to check her everyday until she left Tijuana (which is today). I will let Caroline give all the details, just wanted to let you know she was doing well. Caroline's bestfriend an band buddy, Jayme Jayme, thanks for the update on Caroline I've been worried about her!! > Make sure you send her our well wishes until she feels up to comming back on the forum. :yes: Darlene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jme Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 I will do so. She should be back soon. She is enjoying a few days in SD before returning home on Wednesday. I am sure you will hear from her then!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlag Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 I was just wondering, why did they have to move her port? I am soooo worried that my port will flip again and if so, just wondering if they will have to move it somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat2nrml Posted June 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 I was just wondering, why did they have to move her port? I am soooo worried that my port will flip again and if so, just wondering if they will have to move it somewhere else. Hello tlag, Look on page 5 under "port incision draining" and read Carolines story. I don't think her port flipped... not sure though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jme Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 No worries, her port did not flip. She developed a hematoma around her port which was not allowing it to heal. So, that is why it had to be relocated. It is very, very rare and not something that happens often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banded4life Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 How do you know if it has flipped or not? I am so afraid to do anything for fear that it will flip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jme Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 I am not sure but it is my understanding that if you flip your port you'll know it. It is also my understanding that it takes quite a bit to flip it...but I am sure like most things, everyone is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat2nrml Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 When I went for my first fill last week, doc said he can tell right away with the fluro if the port flipped. [That's one reason I wanted to go back to the OCC for at least my first fill, I wanted to make sure all was well.] And it is, thank goodness!! > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Thank you all for your concern and thoughts. I am doing much better. The doctors and nurses at OCC took very good care of me as Jme mentioned. They were wonderful as are all of you. No, my port did not flip. As Jme stated I had a very rare reaction from the blood thinner they gave me prior to the surgery. They moved my port to the right side of my body and in fact gave me a new tube and port just as a precaution that they had been jeperdized in any way due to the reaction. I am healing, of courxe now my belly looks like it has really been through a war from all the incisions and old scars from previous surgerys Iwantbanded, thanks for worring about me, hope you are doing well. Jme, my band sister, your awesome as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat2nrml Posted June 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Thank you all for your concern and thoughts. I am doing much better. The doctors and nurses at OCC took very good care of me as Jme mentioned. They were wonderful as are all of you. No, my port did not flip. As Jme stated I had a very rare reaction from the blood thinner they gave me prior to the surgery. They moved my port to the right side of my body and in fact gave me a new tube and port just as a precaution that they had been jeperdized in any way due to the reaction. I am healing, of courxe now my belly looks like it has really been through a war from all the incisions and old scars from previous surgerys Iwantbanded, thanks for worring about me, hope you are doing well. Jme, my band sister, your awesome as usual So glad to hear you're OK Caroline!! =D> And many thanks to Jme to letting us know how you were! The OCC just amazes me more and more.... the care that they give their patients is unheard of in the States. P.S. I am doing well, just trying real hard to stick with my diet, eat slow and not drink while eating. Keep us updated!! <' /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula Bee Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 I am very glad to hear that you are doing better and that the clinic handled it so well. Those really just caring doctors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 OCC realy is wonderful. They did not charge me a dime for the second surgery or transportation. They even paid for one night at the hotel. Thant would never have happened here in the states. One more reason I am very happy that I chose them for my banding. Caroline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cedartown Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 I'm a Democrat(sometimes) but theres no way we need universal health care.It's bad enough now. The problem now is too many people with no insurance.(I have no insurance either) We need a pay as you go system!! This is what makes Dr. O be able to have a nice clean hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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