Port In/Near BellyButton

[philippians413 0]

Hey Guys!

I had surgery Tuesday (2/9) and I'm 4 days out. I have 4 tiny (1/4 - 1/2 inch) incision around my belly, but the large port incision is inside my belly button. I guess that's good in a way because I won't have a large scar, and it should be easy to find my port for fills, but I have had a lot of pain there. My pants and waistbands rub it and press on it, and it is incredibly tender and sore. Of course, if the incision was anywhere else on my stomach, it would probably be just as sore. I have seen other people mention that the port site is always tender. Does anyone else have the port in their belly button?

Thanks!

[Ready2 4]

Sounds like a good place.

Mine is to the right of my belly button and up about 2 inches.

[Marine mom 3]

That is where mine is. It was bothersome for a couple of weeks, but it was great for sleeping. Within a day or two I was able to sleep on my side and on my stomach within a few weeks!

[BarbaraWM 0]

My port incision is also in my navel. It was a little sore for a couple of days at first but healed really nicely. I figure when I'm finished losing weight, It's going to be removed in the Tummy Tuck anyway but it's nice that I don't have another purple scar for now.

[Lapband LaLa 10]

I have it in my belly button but I never had tenderness or soreness from it. I love having it there. what's funny is..now that I am at goal weight, I can feel it with my fingers! Weird but makes it easy for fills!

[JeweI 2]

My port is in the same place. I hung out in my robe the first few days and it wasn't a bother. When I did get my jeans back on I had lost enough weight that they were pretty big on me. The only trouble I had was about day 9 postop I went on a motorcyle ride. I just had to adjust it a bit to keep it from rubbing.

[sawyer77 1]

My main incision is my belly button also -- single-incision, but I needed a few smaller incisions, barely noticeable.

I had belly button pain, yep. I'm 3.5 weeks post op and am doing well now! :-)