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I am left handed and carry lots of stuff on my left hip/side. Can I request it be put on the right or centered? Will the doctor think I am nuts?~Mandy

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I would ask your doctor, because obviously from all the posts there seems to be no exact spot. I am left handed too, so I know where you are coming from.

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I don't think you can request where the port is placed. Each doctor has their preferred spot for various reasons. I wouldn't want to ask my dr. to do something that he/she isn't familiar with. I didn't even know there were different locations until after I got mine.

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I'm a righty, above the waist and to the right of where the belly button should be and sewed into the muscle, or the muscle sewed around it, well, you know what I mean.

Oh yea, I did this same thread several months ago, it's a fun thread.

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Mine is about 2 inches down from my right rib cage and about 2 inches from the center of my abdomen. Easy to get to and a quick stick for the fills and unfills.

Wade

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I just spoke to another Doctor today & he said he would place the port anywhere I wanted to betwn a few spots. Like to the left or right of the belly button & up 3 inches or under the bra line up high. He also said we may be able to place it below the bikini line if I agree to an additional insicion. But said he prefer not too. He is left handed & therefor is most comfortable placing the port to the left side & up above the belly button area.

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Port Number One is in a jar of formaldehyde lost somewhere in Mexico.

Port Number Two is probably on some scientist's desk at Inamed in the "to do" pile.

Has anyone seen my port?

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