Port Secured??

September 8, 2003

Hi All! I'm new to this site, & PRE-BAND,(I say that because I'm waiting for approval from the Insurance "gods", & will seek

surgery "south of the border" if not approved)...,I do have a question tho,how many of you asked your surgeon on how they

will be securing the port ?? Are the U.S. surgeons securing the port on 4 corners or just on 2 diagonal corners,or last but not least,is the port just free floating? This question is for the banded LOSERS that had their surgery in Mexico too....I was just curious if the post-fill LOSERS had any any comments concerning their port being hard for the practitioners to access because the port had flipped??

This is a super forum & I'm getting a lot of good info from it & other "bandster sites".(the ? above came from another site,that

was discussed @ the "Bandster Bash" held in Tijuana over Labor day weekend)

Thanx in advance for any & all comments,remarks,replies!

Holly in Mn.

lisae · September 8, 2003

Hi Holly,

My port is stitched down....I don't know with how many stitches, though. The port is just below my sternum. I asked Dr. Rumbaut about it flipping and he said "not a chance" with it stitched and the location.

Good luck!