Where is your port?

[jetti 2]

I am sure this sounds odd but I have no idea where my port is and I have been banded 6 months!!

Is the port generally located near the largest scar? Im not really looking to go feeling around for it - sad to say but I think I would be grossed out if I felt it. I was just wondering where its located...because I dont know where it is I feel like my doctor played a trick on me and didnt really band me!!! But whatever he did is working so I am not complaining just curious.:confused2:

[illion 0]

Uhmm.... Haven't you had a fill by now? Surely you'd know where the port is- that's where they put the needle for a fill! If not, it's usually under your left breast, a few inches above your waistline. It just feels like a small hard place, maybe 1" in diameter or less.

[Ang1982 4]

Uhmm.... Haven't you had a fill by now? Surely you'd know where the port is- that's where they put the needle for a fill! If not, it's usually under your left breast, a few inches above your waistline. It just feels like a small hard place, maybe 1" in diameter or less.

Was just goign to ask the same thing... have you not had a fill yet? 6 months out and no fill is pretty fantastic if not lol. Personally, my port is a couple inches to the left of my belly button and I can feel it as it's pretty close to my skin.

If you haven't had a fill yet then why not ask your doctor? Just say you weren't sure since you've never had to have a fill before and were wondering - seems like a legit question to me

[Daisalana 33]

Actually, if you're losing fine, there's no need to get a fill.. till you need it. It's just, most people will need one within 6 months

Your port should be somewhere around the largest incision, probably below? Have you pushed down and felt around?

[jetti 2]

No I have not had a fill yet. My weight loss is still going strong so I dont want to get a fill if its not needed. I try to gently rub along my left side but never seem to feel anything - maybe its still buried under all my fat?? Im a little worried about pressing to hard to locate it and if it is located around my largest scare then I would have alot of digging to do because that is where my shrinking spare tire resides

[Jennie1976 1]

Mine is located in the center of my belly, just below my rib cage. I can feel it with no problem if I press down slightly. It is just below my largest scar.

[tapshoes 2]

I understand not searching for it - I too did not go around palpating my body after surgery. When I went for my first fill, the nurse found it within seconds - just below my belly-button. The nurse found it odd that I hadn't been looking for it - but then had me locate it and press it, and get to know how it feels. IT is not buried deeply so it is easy to find and feel.

[clarebear08 0]

mine is against my sternum, below where my bra wire sits, just under the skin.

[barbie1978 22]

wow this is really interesting to hear where people have their ports...i didn't realize that there were so many different places that the doctors put them...AND I thought that you couldn't feel it? Or weren't supposed to feel it? Just wondering...that what my surgeon said (i'm not banded YET)

[jetti 2]

most people say they can feel it and some can even see it under the skin after weight loss but I have not found mine yet. With all the different places that it seems to be located on everyone I dont think I will ever find it on my own. I suppose if I ever get a fill then I will know where it is but for now I will just be in the dark becaus I cant seem to get the guts to go searching yet :-)