Where is you port located in relation to the insertion site?

[mommakatx2 0]

I can feel my port and it's RIGHT underneath the incision. Not under or over. Im concerned about this only because I form keloids, and having the scar tissue RIGHT over my port seems like it will cause problems down the road.

Is everyone's like this? I'm a nurse and used to dealing with chest wall ports, and those are almost always below the insertion site. :confused2:

[jet 0]

hi, i am also prone to keloids. have been rubbing Bio Oil (vitamin E lavender, calendula, rosemary) on my scars. i have another big keloid from gallbladder surgery 20 years ago and one of the keyholes from lapband went through it, but it doesnt seem to be bad. of course it was only less than 3 weeks ago. I havent felt the port apart from putting the oil on, because it is too senstive to touch, ie i cant stand it!

[melliott74 0]

mine is slightly to the left...but very close.

[Jo Skinnie 0]

I can't feel my port yet. Although, my surgeon did tell me it's about an inch or two below the incision. The incision does feel like a lump. I hope it doesn't develop that much scar tissue!

[pearlygirl 1]

Mine is about two inches above the incision

[banditone 0]

My port feels like it is right under the incision when I'm sitting or standing, but if I lie down on my back it is quite lower. So try that and see if you notice a change in its location. You can really tell by lying on your back as if you were about to get a fill, with your back slightly arched and pushing your stomach outward.

[Kalipso2 25]

i was banded on 04/21/08 and i could feel my port right under my incision. as i started to lose weight, i noticed that the port has started to move. now its about an inch above the incision. i'm a little concerned about it moving so soon.

[Enchanted 2]

I felt my port through my skin for the first time a couple of days ago (banded 4/30).

In comparison to my incision, the port is located up and to my right a couple of inches.

[Luscious 1]

Hi there... my port is also RIGHT under the incision. I went for my first fill 4 weeks post op, and doc. was not able to get the needle in because of the scar tissue. I have had an infection, which he believes has made the tissue around the incision a bit tougher to get through. I had to leave it for 2 weeks to see if it settles down :-( I go back next week. I don't even want to think about what happens if the 2nd attempt fails. I am keeping my calories to around 1300 a day, but it feels like the old days of white-knuckling through a diet.

Edited May 14, 2008 by Luscious

[salwa 0]

I lost all the weight I wanted to loose and a little more than that too. I can feel my port its right under the incision. At first its disgusting but now I'm used to it. When I lost too much weight due to a prolonged period of over tightening, I could see it. It made me sick it stuck right out you didn't need to feel it to know where it was. Now I gained a bit of weight and I can't see it but I can always feel it.