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If you don't know where your port is, please make sure you find out where it for future reference.

Today, I went in for my 3rd fill. (The Nurse Practicioners do them at my office). I laid back on the table, she numbed me up, and we were just talking and it was over. I drank the Water to make sure it stayed down, and I went on my merry way.

I made a couple of stops along the way home, and I happened to look at my stomach, and I was shocked to see that my band aid was NOT where my port is!! I knew that my port was not in the 'normal' location because my surgeon told me that mine is epigastric because I had a lot of scar tissue.

I immediately called the office and they told me to come back. Luckily, I live close to the office!

What she thought was my port was actually my incision, and she mistook it as my port because it was hard and got Fluid out of it because it had a cyst!!!

She drew the fluid out of the cyst and put fluid into the correct location of my port.

Now, I'm worried and a little paranoid about future fills...it really makes me wonder if they're getting the right spot! What if they put a hole in my tubing or somehow damage my band? Will I have to get surgery again to correct a mistake that was made?

So, know your port!! If I didn't know, I may have been wondering why I didn't loose any weight!!! Next time,I will also check things out before I leave the office!

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Wow!

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Wow. Thanks for the heads up. Hope all goes well.

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I'm just glad that I got numbed up for the whole thing! But, I bet I will get a bruise! She won't ever forget where my port is again!!!

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Wow, I never heard of that either. Thanks for sharing and great job knowing your health and body like that!

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I do not allow them to access my port without xray, My port and I want it done correctly, if this PA thought she was in your port, sorry but she or he is an idiot, a medical person should know when they are in the port, you are suppose to palpate the area and even when we are heavier the port is easy to palpate and find the little membrane that needs to be accessed and when you stick in the needle. Glad your OK and sorry you had to go through this.

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Ouch first time I've heard this happen also. Now that I've lost a lot of tummy fat I can actually feel/ sense when the needle hits the port. It doesn't hurt it's just like a sensation.

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