Flipped Port???

[JohannaMae 9]

I'm wondering what it feels like to have a flipped port. I've lost 45 lbs since March 20th, I can feel the port more, I don't know if it's because I lost weight. Has anyone had there port flipped?

[elcee 3,343]

Generally you will only know your port has flipped when you go to get a fill and your Dr cannot access it.

[waitingpatiently 250]

Don't fret...I think a lot of us can feel our ports. Mine is very obvious to the touch (not so much visually). It feels like a half egg sitting about 3 inches below my last left rib.

[bluetigereyes 95]

I have had my port flip. Mine flipped even before my first fill! I could not feel it flip, nor did I know it was flipped until an x-ray confirmed it. The dr tried several times to do my fill and could not access it. It was frustrating at the time, but now I can look back and know that it was just a speed bump in the road.

[Dibley Dawn 84]

i didn't feel my port flip, but one day i woke up in a lot of pain, so i knew something had happened. it may have flipped long before i felt it.

i had my revision surgery about a month ago and now i'm getting back on track with everything else. i sure hope they secured that sucker this time. i don't want to go through that again.

[Jackie's girl 32]

Mine feels likeit is sitting on its side instead of flat. I can feel a thin hard ridge especially when I lay down and it feels like the side of it rather than the flat surface of the front. I am anxious for my first fill in 2 weeks.

[JohannaMae 9]

Thanks for the input everyone. I feel a little discomfort because my port is on the right side of my belly button. Is it unusual to have it on your waist line? It's uncomfortable when I wear a belt.

[ShrnkN2 15]

Mine is kind of on my waistline... It does make it uncomfortable to wear high pants or tighter pants. Not painful just kind of awkward.

[haute904 1]

Mines flipped also, I found out when I went for my 1st fill on May 23rd 2012...smh it was uncomfortable to get the fill but my surgeon said as long as he can fill my band he will leave it like that.

[Sombra1718 55]

What do they do if they want to fix the flipped port. Is the fix as painful as the original surgery?

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

What do they do if they want to fix the flipped port. Is the fix as painful as the original surgery?

My port flipped. After something like 2 years of easy fills, it was harder and harder to access. My surgeon was able to access it under x-ray, but doing fills that way was ridiculously expensive in terms of time and the money billed to my insurance, so eventually I had surgery to re-position it. I'll be honest with you, that surgery was very painful because of all the scar tissue my surgeon had to deal with. I guess you have to consider the alternative? What's your co-pay for fills in the radiology department? Are you willing to go through that every time you need a fill or unfill for the rest of your life?

BTW, we don't know why my port flipped. It could be that my workouts pulled a suture loose, or my original surgeon didn't suture it in well enough, or dumb luck. My current surgeon said that the possiblity of a flipped port is not a good excuse for avoiding exercise!

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

As you lose weight and your fat cells shrink, you're going to be able to palpate (feel by touching your abdomen) your port more easily. I couldn't feel my port at all for a few months - way too much flab covering it! Later I could feel it and was happy about that except when it chafed at my waistband. I liked feeling my port and knowing it was doing its job!

[Krussell19 217]

Mines flipped 3 times hurt like a pulled muscle couldnt lay on my stomach comfortably... Revision is painful becaise your awake for it

[Sombra1718 55]

Mines flipped 3 times hurt like a pulled muscle couldnt lay on my stomach comfortably... Revision is painful becaise your awake for it

OMG are you serious!? What kind of revision are we talking about?

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

Mines flipped 3 times hurt like a pulled muscle couldnt lay on my stomach comfortably... Revision is painful becaise your awake for it

You were awake for it? yeesh! I had general anesthesia for my port repair.