Port has flipped !

[Yasmina 0]

My port has flipped and was told that it can be fixed and relocated once I have lost all my weight. Where would they put it ? ( I really don't mind where it is but it does stick out . )

Is it doen the same way as when you have the surgery ?

If I want a tt should I do it first or can I have it both done at the same time ?

Does this mean that I should have a tt at the TLBC ?

I do have a fill apt in two weeks there.

thanks for any advice ! :tongue2:

[bandiva 0]

Mine has flipped too! I will be very interested to hear what you find out.

[Yasmina 0]

Well I hope to here what others know before I go to Toronto. It will give me some insight to what I will be doing. I want a tt as soon as I can get rid of the last 50 lbs, but I hope I can do both in one surgery.

I will let you know what they say at the TLBC at the end of the month.

[Daisalana 33]

Mine flipped and I had revision surgery 6months post-op from my original surgery. They moved it from my belly to my chest (it's between my breasts under my bra).

Never heard of waiting till you're at goal.. can they get into it? They couldn't access mine for fills/unfills.

They open your original port scar, and depending on if they move it or just flip it back, they only deal with that area (or 1 more new incision site).. they don't open up all the other incisions.

[Vangirl 0]

I'm curious, what causes a port to flip?

[Yasmina 0]

Well I know for be that I belly dance 5 times a week so I do think that I was using my stomach muscles too much. Fills are still good.

[canadagirl33 0]

Generally speaking, most surgeons attach your port, using sutures, to your abdominal muscles. This anchors it and usually makes it more stable. Some surgeons leave the 'free floating' and others make small 'pockets' in the tissue below the skin and sit them there.

My belief is that if they are left unattached they are more apt to change position and 'flip'. A fill 'person' who is good at what they do can usually manipulate the port with their fingers, moving it under the skin until they can access it with the needle and get a fill in. That said, sometimes there is just no way to get it turned into the correct position and then they need to be 'flipped' back over in a fairly minor surgery....usually with just a local freezing and small incision on your original port scar.

Even if your port is sutured into place, I would assume that with strenuous abdominal muscle use you could tear those stitches and cause it to flip or change position. My port was sutured during surgery and is still in the exact position it has always been and I have never had a problem with getting fills....1 poke is all it has ever taken. You should ask your surgeon what his usual procedure is in this instance.

Patricia

[Yasmina 0]

I do know that in was not stitched in place. I quess whene I am in Toronto in two weeks I will have to ask them.

Thanks