the only strainous thing i did was sex and it ripped my stitches. my doctor stabbed my 3 times fishing for it and can't find it now i have to wait for a call and go into the hospital to have the locate it and reattach it. has anyone had to do this? he said that i go home after a hour i dont know how they do it.

LovemySGT, Yes this happened to me and my doctor told me that I was her first patient this happened to and she was puzzled and couldn't give me a reason why this happened! The ports can flip which is something completely different and the docs deal with every so often, however, dislogding of the port is rare. My port was found in the lower port of my belly somewhere. My doc relocated my port over to my right side now and said that she's used mesh to attach it so that this will never occur again. Wow, I guess we are the lucky ones to expereince this. Was your port replaced at the same place or relocated. Mine was relocated to my right side and I do have problems with discomfort when I sleep on my left side. Jake

Re-edit and Correction to above: I just read that you were waiting for this to be fixed. My re-attach required a full surgery, requiring me to go under, however, this was because I also had the band tubing that has also popped out of a sermoa on one of my incisions. Mine was bit more complicated and took 2 hours to fix because the tubing had been exposed and had to be disinfected. I remember my doc saying that she could probably attach it with a local and not put me to sleep, however, because the tubing was exposed the tubing problem cause a full blown surgery. I think you should be ok and the proceedure should be simple. Hopefully. I will keep you in prayer. jake

I had mine Feb 1st

im haveing my floroscopy on the 16th of this month to find out whats going on witht he port. when i find out ill let you guys know

I WENT IN AND HE STUCK ME 3 TIMES HE SAID MY PORT MOVED HE BENT 3 NEEDLES. FINALLY HE GOT IT IN AND SENT ME ON THE WAY I THOUGHT HE WOULD FIX IT CAUSE IT MOVED. NOW THEY SAY 2 DAYS OF LIQUIDS THEN ONE DAY OF MUSHIES. DO YOUR DOCTORS DO THAT TO AFTER A FILL? OR IS YOUR DOCTOR DIFFERNT?

Just curious....where are your ports located? I know most doctors I think put them in the abdomen somewhere. My doctor prefers to put them in the left side of your chest, just below your shoulder. Mine is about halfway between my shoulder and my nipple. Just curious if this made a difference on what some of you are seeing. I just got my band yesterday so I'm new to all of this. I feel better asking lots of questions now so hopefully I won't endure some of the same things. lol. Thanks!

My port flipped too...I'm waiting for pre approval AGAIN so my doc can fix it and give me my first fill...Bandster hell...I'm in it!

Hmmm...that's odd. Usually, only elective surgeries need preapproval. A complication or a problem isn't 'elective' and shouldn't require pre-approval. It's not like they're going to be able to refuse to fix the problem, no?

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MINE IS NEAR MY BELLY BUTTON

Yes that sounds normal after a fill, some say liquids for a week after

Yes that sounds normal after a fill, some say liquids for a week after

Love, my doc does the same post fill diet. Glad they found your "spot" lol 3-5 needles bent in me but still got no where

Love, my doc does the same post fill diet. Glad they found your "spot" lol 3-5 needles bent in me but still got no where