Lap Band Access Port

[ndependent22 0]

Hello I am new I have been banded for 3 weeks now...I got the band Dec 31st 2010. I was wondering how do you know if the access port out of place??? At first I could feel like something is there but now i dont feel anything but feel a lump in the left side of my stomach should I be concerned?

[lparker420 0]

i think your ok. I haven't heard of anyone having compications with the location of the port. i can feel a little bump where mine is and thats it. I would say your ok unless the port totally moves sides or something

[tan75 0]

I couldnt feel my port at all for the first 4 weeks, now in my fifth week it is very noticable, a bump which is hard and i cant stop touching, it feels weird!

[Melissannde 41]

Should you be concerned? No, not at this point. Wait till you go in for your first fill and then if they can't access your port, then you can be concerned. Relax, it's likely just your body changing as you recover from surgery.

[CheckYes 46]

Maybe now that the swelling has gone down it is a bit more difficult to find?

[Mariasha 3]

The only way you will know for sure is when you go for a fill and your doctor tries to access the port.

But like the others have said, in all likelihood you are just fine.

I know some days I feel mine and some days not. Don't know why but that's just how it is.

[rhonda435 2]

when i was healing i had a hard marble sized lump that i thought was my port. it was sore and i could feel it with my hands. but later in the healing process the swelling went down and when i went for my 1st fill i was suprised how low they stuck me. Its probably just your incision healing. good luck

[annalise 0]

My port moved on it's own and now sits on one of my ribs. The doc did not put it there. It's also turned a bit so my poor doc has to jab around to find the opening. Very weird sound hearing the needle hit plastic. I only feel anything if I lean hard onto a counter. Where I thought the port was after surgery was wrong.