Anyone have more than one port put in? How about 4 of them? After about 6 months in 2001, my site looked swollen, days later it opened but was small, within 3 days the tubing was hanging out of my stomach. The doc said maybe my body rejected it, after 2 more ports and similar problems, they put in a stainless steel one that went under my muscles.
I even traveled to Kazahstan for 47 days for an adoption in 2005 with the open wound, I had no choice at the time.
Now about every 6-9 months, it opens again. I'm sitting here now with a fresh wound. If I have the port taken out the doc says it all must come out, band and all. My problem is , my insurance will probably not pay to put the whole thing in again. They paid in the past for the port replacements as I still had the band on the stomach and it was a medical necessity to replace the port. Now I will be without the band if I do anything now.