question about flipped ports

marsha · March 14, 2004

It seems like several people have had flipped ports. My question is...How does a port flip? I thought they were sutured down. Do the surtures tear? Or, maybe some doctors don't suture the ports? I'm just curious how this happens.

Thanks,

Marsha:confused:

donali · March 14, 2004

Hi Marsha -

Some doctors don't suture them down (I think that's mostly the European sector), but I have no idea how many of them report that their port flipped. In my case, I tore one of the sutures stretching for something. My doc only uses two sutures out of the possible four.

I can't say for the others - most people do not report why, or why they "think" their port flipped. In my case it was very painful, so I knew right away what caused it.

renee · March 15, 2004

Hi Marsha,

I'm not sure how my port flipped but I have a good reason to believe it was during yoga. I went to a class about three weeks after my surgery and it turned out to be a bad idea. It wasn't really painful and I had no idea until I went for the first fill last week. I'm going to have it repaired and I'm not supposed to do anything (no gym, skiing, picking heavy things..) for 4 weeks.

If I only knew this before... I love my gym, love my classes and since I felt pretty good, I thought I'd give it a shot..a little expensive, since I'm a self pay..

Renata

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