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Trouble finding port?

Just wondering if anyone else had trouble with their first fill and trying to find the port. I recieved my first fill yesterday and it took three tries to finally find it. :( Now I am all bruised and wondering if it's going to be like this for every fill.

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It's not uncommon.

Now hopefully your surgeon knows where it is which should make it easier for him to find next time.

  • 2 weeks later...

My 1st fill took 7 sticks .. 4 by the NP then the doc 3 tries .. as well I was a bruised mess. I went back 2 weeks later and luckily was still a little bruised so finding it was easier .. but still took 4 tries to get it. As I get thinner and we try different positioning its getting easier. The NP also says the port will tip more in the direction of my breasts as my structure changes. I now lay on my side and the fat shifts to the opposite direction. The NP has also drawn a little map in my chart as to where it is in correllation of scars as markers.

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