ProudWife99

Hello everyone ! I posted a couple of days ago about some port issues I am having.I saw my surgeon today and he had no answer for the redness to the skin on the outside (on top of my port). He did say that my port might be rubbing against muscle/muscle tissue and he says why it was sticking out a couple of days ago was possibly because it flipped. He will be doing a surgery to just move the port to another location. He didnt run any tests on me which I was surprised by. He told me the other stomach issues I am having is unrelated to the port/band. Anyone else have this surgery? What can I expect ? Thank you !

Thank you for the reply ! Why did you need yours removed?

Hi ! I am hoping to get some insight. I had my surgery back in 2008 and for the past month,my port has been sore,especially in the evening. I didn't think much of it because it's been sore off and on before but now this past week,my skin gets red literally around the port area. The redness comes and goes. I've also noticed that I'm really bloated and have had bad stomach issues (for weeks now) . Last night I noticed that my port was sticking out more than usual. I'm getting no help from my doctor other than they set up an appt for me on Friday. I thought maybe the stomach issues were a seperate issue but now I'm not sure . The issues i've had are diarreah and changes in the stool color (sorry if that's TMI). I've also had little appetite. Anyone else experiance something similar or know anyone who has ? Thanks for any info you can give me !

My doctor is frustrating me to say the least. Glad she didnt have an erosion.

That's what I thought too but he didn't even run tests on me.

Hello! I posted another post under this forum in Friday titled "moving the port question". He had no solid answers for me other then suggesting moving the port and what he thinks might have happened. He never bothered running any tests either.

Thank you ! I will !

I agree. I'll feel silly when I go in tomorrow and he may say it's nothing. I just have that feeling. Ugh.

Thank you also for your response . The surgeon said he doesn't need to see me any sooner since I don't have a fever. I had been trying to get an appt since Monday. I had my Gallbladder taken out in 2012 so that's one thing I can rule out lol. At the time I wasn't taking anythjng like that but the stools go from dark to yellow. Odd.

Thank you for the reply ! I see the doctor on Friday . I'm a little frustrated because he has essentially been blowing me off. An infection makes sense , just wondering how it could have happened?