About that new port...

PhotoNut · January 14, 2006

I asked this question in another thread, but thought it might get overlooked there.

I got my band last Monday and the port feels like its sticking out quite a ways. As if it's on its edge or something. I called the surgeon who assured me that nothing can pull that port out of place it is probably just swelling and possibly some Fluid built up under the port.

Have any of you experienced this? Its really alarming to run my hand over my stomach and have my fingers catch on that thing!

Kim_8 · January 14, 2006

Hi Susan -

Of course I just got mine yesterday so it's still pretty swollen, but I can definitely see and feel it. I wouldn't say sticking out on side or anything, but definitely a big lump.

Kim

HarleyNana · January 14, 2006

My port is a year and 1 month old, I can feel it when I push on it, and that side "looks" swollen, but it doesn't stick way out.

SouthTX LapBand · January 14, 2006

I knew which incision was my port one (it was where I had asked him to put it).... and I was SURE I could feel it....

UNTIL I had my first fill. It was not under the incision at all. It was near the incision, but not underneath it.

I can still feel what I was feeling before -- but I know realize that what I was feeling was scar tissue from the incision.

PhotoNut · January 14, 2006

Yep, Im not feeling the incision.. what I feel is just to the right of the incision. It seems to be smaller today, but Im definitely feeling the hard port under the skin. I had thought it would be deep enough that you couldnt tell where it was. Ah well, I guess that just means a shorter needle for fills. Its been five days now, and the port location is still very sore.

Bensmum1109 · January 15, 2006

The area where my port is definitely sticks out like a big lump. I am 4 months in with my band so I doubt it will ever look much better. But it's worth it!

Tess L · January 15, 2006

hi, mine doesn't stick out but boy do I know its there. It hits my med cart all the time and is always sore by the end of my shift. guess I better learn not to lean on my cart...lol

Iluvharleys · January 15, 2006

Mine never stuck out, but I can feel it when I try.

HarleyNana · January 15, 2006

I think this thread jinxed me. I did a lot of unusual work yesterday, putting shelf liner in cabinets. Today my port is very tender, probably from all the stretching and reaching ya think? I can feel it move when I walk, weird or have I just never noticed before?

PhotoNut · January 15, 2006

Aww, Nana... I hope it didnt jinx you! I would guess youre right about the stretching. Thats when mine seems to bother me the most. Of course, Ive only had mine for a week, so.. what do I know? I just hope it does go down some. I always understood that people cant even tell where the port is.