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Where's your port and how many [major] incisions do you have?  

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  1. 1. Where's your port and how many [major] incisions do you have?

    • My port is on my left side.
    • My port is on my right side.
    • I have only 1 major incision.
    • I have two or more major incisions.


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My port is on the left side directly inbetween my belly button and rib cage. I was banded on the 19th and I cant even see my incisions...except for the port!!

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I had one main incision, on the right about halfway down my ribcage, and 4 tiny incisions.

My port is on my right side, just below my ribcage. Although my port has flipped, so we'll see where it ends up after I have the surgery to correct it!

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How do you know when your port flips?

I found out when I went in for my first fill, under flouro, and he couldn't get the needle in the port. He finally had me lay on my side, and when you saw the side view of the port you could see that it had flipped completely over and was facing the wrong way. So I couldn't get the fill done and now I'm waiting for them to schedule the surgery to correct it. Fun times!:biggrin:

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My port is on the right side and the incision is approx 1 3/4 and I have another on the left side that is about 1 1/8. A total of 5 but the other 3 are so small!!! The bigger ones are just off center on either side and the port one is higher, all well above the belly button so some day I could wear a midriff top and no one will be the wiser, lol.

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I found out when I went in for my first fill, under flouro, and he couldn't get the needle in the port. He finally had me lay on my side, and when you saw the side view of the port you could see that it had flipped completely over and was facing the wrong way. So I couldn't get the fill done and now I'm waiting for them to schedule the surgery to correct it. Fun times!:tongue:

Oh wow...how common is this, and what can you do to prevent it?

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