Infections and Flipped Ports! WOW

[smiseel 0]

Hi,

I'm one of the people with an infected port. I was banded on 7/12/07. My infection is healing, but it looks like it will take another couple of weeks. I'm taking penvk 500 mg 4x daily and levaquin 500mg 1x. I'm also taking acidophilis to counteract any vaginal infection. :faint:I never realized so many people could get infected and am praying for all of us!

I would like to know how you/doctor determine if your port is flipped. Did you feel it? Or did they try to give you a fill and nothing worked?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Jane

[speina 0]

during my first attempt at a fill my Dr. couldn't access the port he kept hitting metal, next day under fluroscopy he determined the port had flipped 180 degrees so july 31 I had a port revision surgery during which I also got a fill, I'm completely healed and even with the complication would do it all again in a heartbeat! Hope you heal quickly, God Bless

Tara