Port Placement

[WMHB (Dave) 26]

I am having my surgery Feb. 19 and am ready! I sleep on my left shoulder side and can't on the right side due to pitching a baseball for so many years. Anyway, can I request which side to put the port on? I don't want to be lying on the port at night if I don't have to be. Also, I'm worried about feeling the band and port inside my body. Is it a constant or once in awhile? Thanks for any feedback!

[general_antiope 189]

The port goes on top of your ab muscle but under your skin (and fat ) So you won't feel it unless you're pressing on it. I never felt my port when sleeping - if I leaned over the back of the couch or laid on my stomach while on a hard surface I could feel it, but it didn't hurt. Hope that helps.

[TracieR 88]

My port is a little to the right, below my chest bone. I never really feel it and i sleep on my stomach. I have never felt my band before...I forget about it mostly unless I eat too fast!

[smbonier 26]

Just an FYI, for the first 2 weeks or so after the surgery, you will find sleeping on your back to be the most comfortable. I am a side/stomach sleeper and I couldn't sleep either way until about 2 weeks post-op. The soreness from the surgery and the 'pulling' feeling hurt and made is difficult to sleep any other way than my back. Today I can sleep on my stomach and side no problem; but as mentioned above, when I lean back, lean over something, or am laying on a hard surface I can feel my port.

[cheryl2586 3,053]

I never had an issue sleeping on my side from the port. Its in the front of your stomach in the muscle. I think its up to your particular doctor where they put it. No you can not feel the band inside of you. I do feel when I get a fill it tightening around my stomach but other then things getting stuck I dont feel anything unusual. I can feel my port now that I have lost a lot of weight but it is not visable to the eye.

[WMHB (Dave) 26]

Thank you for all the posts! I feel much better now! The unknown is scary, but now I have an idea.

[KAATNS 1,473]

Hello and welcome! My port is on the right side and I sleep on my right side, never felt a thing. Best of luck to you!

[babykins529 189]

No you can't feel the band. My port is on the right and yes I can feel it but that's cuz I'm three weeks post op and its still a lil swollen.