I had the surgery Friday I can't find my port can anyone help me find it

I can't find mine either lol the nurse said he put it on my left side but I feel no tenderness on that side I feel more tender above my belly button I'm going to ask Thursday at my follow up

Oh ok I will call Monday so how are you feeling?

Hi there me too I had my surgery Friday and have been looking for my port... I was also told it would be on the side but for some reason the one above my belly bottom is more soar and there's a bruise showing around the cut in a circular path so I'm assuming this is it...:-/ I can only imagine how painful this will be for filling...

Besides that... How are u feeling?:-) best if luck kn your recovery!!

it should be on the Left side of your belly ..you might not feel it right away untill you heel from your sur. but dont worry its there..I did the same thing after sur. but i thought it was on my right but it was my scare..(LOL)...you guys will find it ..Keep your head up and have a great Journey....You will do GREAT... Jim

Some docs put it on the right, so it's not necessarily on the left side....different doctors put them different places. I would suggest looking for your largest incision (unless you had the single incision surgery). It should be around there. I had a big bruise where my port is, so you might have that also. If you can't find it, be happy! I can feel mine under the skin and can only assume it will be fairly visible when I'm thinner, which kind of sucks.

Surgeons vary as to where they locate the port. It sounds as though they did the incision at your belly button, and some ports are located in that area. If you have a longer incision on one side or the other it is most likely there. Some put it around the arm pit, some under the breast along the rib cage.

If it is on your belly and you have significant fat there, it may be hard to feel.

Mine is to the left of my belly button just below waist level.

Once the swelling goes down you'll probably find it....mine is on the left just below my waist line. At first I had no idea where it was. Congrats on the beginning of an exciting journey!

Oh ok I will call Monday so how are you feeling?

I'm doing better..not as sore and tender. This gas however is kickin may butt omg it's the worst part for me...I could feel it moving but I couldnt get it out..it made drinking so uncomfortable

My port is on the right side, biggest incision. That's the most painful thing so far for me....very tender. I haven't had any gas pain, just surgery pain I suppose.

My port is in the center above my belly button. The nurse told me it was the longest incision and it is... So was easy to find but i dont feel it under the skin.

After walking around the house these past few days I finally got alot out today and most of the pressure is going away..also gasX strips are a must have they saved me during the middle of the night when the gas was at its worst

Some docs put it on the right' date=' so it's not necessarily on the left side....different doctors put them different places. I would suggest looking for your largest incision (unless you had the single incision surgery). It should be around there. I had a big bruise where my port is, so you might have that also. If you can't find it, be happy! I can feel mine under the skin and can only assume it will be fairly visible when I'm thinner, which kind of sucks.[/quote']

I had the single incision so I'm sure it's around that area as well like right above my belly button Is really swollen and tender maybe thats where he put it also when he came to see me in the hospital he told me my belly button was reaaaaally deep lol so he just went in through there so hopefully my port is barried in there somewhere deep

My biggest incision is right above my belly botton... The other ones are really small so I'm assuming it's there... Plus I'm getting a strange circular bruise around the insicion so I'm assuming it's right below it...

Though I wonder... How will the port NOT move further back in, in the futur either with the pants pushing in or sitting down or idk...?

Also... Why is there so many different places this port has been put? Does it matter? Is it important!?? If most ppl got it on their side I just winder if it's not dangerous by the belly botton??! Does it shows as u heal and as u lose the weight or does it stay hiding??!

Ok I have a large incision in the middle of my stomach and a lot(3) of smaller all over including my belly button

I Think every surgeon has their own places to cut. I have one right below the center of my chest that i was told was where they retracted my liver then i have one mid way between my chest and belly button thats my port. Then 3 smaller ones almost in a stright line towards my left side. I sure hope the scars heal well.