Bruise around my Port?

[angiebell 0]

Hi, it's been almost 2 months since my band surgery and I have had what looks like a faint bruise around my port. It has been there ever since my surgery. The doctor gave me an antibotic at my 2 week visit just to make sure I did not have an infection. Has anyone else experienced anything similar to this?

[Mariposa Bella 3]

My port has remained bruised since I had my surgery in Nov. Not huge, just a brownish kind of bruise. At my last fill Dr. Gomez discovered that my port is flipped and that is why it stays bruised where its sideways hitting my stomach wall. I am getting my port repaired next Monday, so hopefully it will go away. It has also started to hurt, its uncomfortable for me to lay on my stomach and if my husband throws his arm around me in bed and accidently hits that spot it really hurts. But I'm really happy that my surgeon is fiixing it Next monday. Ask your doctor to check if your port is not flipped like mine, maybe that's your problem..

[angiebell 0]

Estela,

Thanks for your response. When I went for my fill earlier this month my port was fine. It was exactly where it was supposed to be. My husbands had flipped and they had to do some adjusting of his in order to do his fill. He is not bruised around his port though. I haven't noticed my port being sore but on some day it protrudes more than others. I am going to have to doctor look at it.

[lljpaisley 0]

Funny you mention this because i was just wondering about my port incision site this morning. I was banded about three weeks ago and I still had the littlest bit of a scab there but all my other scabs are long gone. I also had a section of skin about two inches below the incision site which is very sensitive to touch - not pain as much as a wierd tingling going on.

[angiebell 0]

It's possible the tingling area could be the port. Mine felt that way a little. My port is actually directly under my scar. I just wish the bruised look would fade away.

[Kelliebelly 13]

I was banded April 4th this year and had a really bad bruise under my port scar. It went away after about 8 weeks and then came back again. I went and seen my doc and he said its just a little bleeding under the skin and completely normal. Mine all up ended up being there for about 11 weeks before clearing up.

[angiebell 0]

Thanks for the info Kellie that makes me feel better.