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Does thr port stick out

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TRACIENEW1217    0

TRACIENEW1217
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:) WILL MY MATE FEEL THE PORT LIKE IF WE'RE HAVING SEX:wink2:

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AlottaBS    0

AlottaBS
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mine doesn't stick out. in fact, if i'm lying down you have to feel around for it. I know where it is becau:thumbup:se it's below one of my incision sites.

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LeighaMason    19

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Not if his hands are where they are suppose to be! :)

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mom2girls    1

mom2girls
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well mine does not show but you can sure feel it , and my husband hates it

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lellow    1,713

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Because my BMI is pretty low now, yes my port does stick out. You can see it easily.

My surgeon said I have not much fat between my stomache muscles and my skin, so of course it'll stick out. I still prefer it sticking out than having the fat there!

No one I know has complained about the port sticking out yet tho. :)

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Jachut    487

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Mine is like half a golf ball pasted on my abdominal wall. It is visible and very very easy to feel, you would only have to bump into me accidentally to notice I had a big hard lump there. My kids can feel it when they give me a hug, they dont even have to put their hands on it.

It may sound awful, but honestly, it doesnt bother me at all. I'd change it for a low profile one but the scars have all healed and I dont want a fresh scar there. I want o wear my bikini in Thailand in 9 weeks time!

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TRACIENEW1217    0

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VERY CUTE :) (LEIGHAMASON) BUT THOSE HANDS ARE RIGHT WERE THEY'RE SUPPOSE TO BE ALL OVER ME:wink2:

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TRACIENEW1217    0

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:) JACHUT SO THERE'S DIFFERENT SIZE PORTS THIS IS THE 1ST I HEARD OF THIS WOW PLEASE GIVE ME SOME MORE INFO.

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LeighaMason    19

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Tracie-- I'm glad that made you smile, my port sticks out, you can see it and you can feel it. But I guess I just feel like its a part of me now.

There are low profile ports that they can change you to later when you are at goal and you don't need regular fills anymore. Sometimes they even move it behind your bellybutton if you have a Tummy Tuck.

I have made an agreement with myself not to make any decisions about what to do on port revision or tummy tuck until I have been at goal for at least 6 months to a year. That will give me a chance to get use to how things are and see if they really bother me.

The boobs, now that, is another story....:)

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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