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I have had 2 fills with no problems and went on Friday for my third fill. They had trouble with the port and must have stuck me at least 8 times. The first 2 fills I got they hit it on the first try each time. They called the Doctor down and he said that the port has flipped 180 degrees and they will have to go in and fix it. I asked if this was caused by something I have done and he said no, that sometimes with weight loss the port has to be repositioned. Then because it was after closing hours by the time we were finished he said to call on Monday and schedule a Pouch Revision.

Have any of you had this done? I have only lost like 40 pounds and I don't see how that could have affected the port, but most of the weight loss has been in my stomach area.

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I would guess he meant port revision. Every time they go in there to do something or to fix something related to the band they call it revision surgery. If your port is flipped then it is call port revision. They do pouch revision on bypass patients. Maybe the doc was tired and it was a slip of the tongue. Or you were nervous and heard wrong. I do that all the time.

I have not had port revision but have heard here that it is not too bad. Start a thread and ask if anyone has had one. I have read a few post from people that have.

Good luck. You will do fine. And dont worry. It is common.

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I would guess he meant port revision. Every time they go in there to do something or to fix something related to the band they call it revision surgery. If your port is flipped then it is call port revision. They do pouch revision on bypass patients. Maybe the doc was tired and it was a slip of the tongue. Or you were nervous and heard wrong. I do that all the time.

I have not had port revision but have heard here that it is not too bad. Start a thread and ask if anyone has had one. I have read a few post from people that have.

Good luck. You will do fine. And dont worry. It is common.

Thank you for the information. I called this morning and they did mean Port Revision, the Doctor just wrote the wrong thing. Thanks again!

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