Banded 9/10/08 dont feel port

[matais 0]

I have lot 32 pounds so far. lots of walking. Is it normal not to feel your port after you heal?

[GratefulHeart 0]

I was banded 6 days ago and am not sure I have found my port. I think I know where it is generally, but it's hard to find. I've only lost maybe 7 pounds since surgery so perhaps that has something to do with it too.

[Miss Michelle 1]

I have been banded for over 5 months now and am down over 80 lbs but still cant find mine. I was convinced I felt it to the left of my belly button after sugery. To my surprise, its actually to the right of it. Atleast I know because this is where my doc puts the needles for my fills. I am at 243, so I am thinking that hopefully another 10-20lbs and I will be able to feel it for myself. GOOD LUCK TO YOU!!!

[jetti 2]

I am almost a year out and 86 pounds down and I still have no idea where my port is! I have not really went searching for it but I have felt around a little bit and cant feel anything. I go for my 1 year check up in a few weeks so I will be sure to ask my doctor where it is.

[kiz 1]

I asked my doctor about my port at my first post-op appointment. While I was laying down on the exam table, he had me put my right hand behind my neck, and raise my head and shoulders slightly off the table. With my left hand, I felt just above my port incision, and I could feel the port.

[Lshelley21 0]

i can feel my port...and actually i can also feel the band itself on the left side too. My port is on my right side by my ribs... the other people who i was talking with can't feel theirs either, i think it depends on how much muscle and fat that is actually at the site. I can feel everything....and no one in the meetings can. I asked the dr. about it and he said that it is because i guess i am on the smaller side (i know bmi is 40 but, i also have been going to gym for years too...so lot is muscle) Perhaps that matters?

[aubrie 6]

I have always been able to feel mine. It doesn't protrude when I stand naked and look in the mirror, but even if I lightly pass my hand over my stomach I can feel a hard spot. If I press, I can feel it easily. This has worried me as I always felt like it would start showing when I lost all my weight. I still have a little belly, so it doesn't show yet, but I think that's coming. I guess at that point I will have to consider moving it or getting a different one.

[crzytchr 3]

I can easily feel mine. I is to the right of my large port incision. I guess that is good, because the PA was also able to access it easily to do my fill.:thumbup:

[Jillbeme65 1]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I can feel my port and it protrudes out about 1/4". It hurts all the time... I am going in for another fill this week and I want to discuss it... This was my biggest fear that I would be able to feel it or see it.

The dr's assured me I wouldn't but guess what there it is... when my husbands walks up behind me to give me love he feels it and it grosses him out... By the way I can feel the band also:mad:!!!!!!!