ok so yeah i may be a little paranoid... but I am soo afreaid of messing up this oppertunity by overlooking petential problems. I am wondering if anyone else can feel their port being bumped or flicked against by their ribs? like when I bend at the waist, or stand from sitting. It almost feels like my ribs become stuck under it. So I guess my concern is about flipping my port. I am worried this will happen if I move wrong. Does anyone else have this issue? my port is about 2in left & 3 in above my navel.

I can feel it hit my ribs when I am lying in bed on my side or stomach and sometimes when I bend. I have my first follow-up tomorrow so I'll try and remember to ask

thanks yeah please let me know

Call your doc about flipping. My first port was very intrusive. I had to have revision surgery for a different reason and my doc put in a new smaller port. Much better.

-Cordelia, banded 1/08

so how big is your new port?

I sometimes have it hit too, I go to doc tomorrow myself and will ask then. I have not had a fill yet, hopefully tomorrow.. but I was wondering the same thing!

My port is now sticks out quite obviously, just under my ribs on the left and I have felt it move around often almost as if it is somtimes caught under/over my ribs, I can move it with my stomach muscles. I can also feel it if I lie on my stomach, so I don't sleep like that anymore.

I had a barium x-ray recently (for other reasons) and this confirmed that everything is ok with my port, so the dr said.

He also told me that I could have it moved to somewhere less obvious (no idea exactly where he meant!) under a local anesthetic, but I'm not sure that I can really be bothered. I'm pretty sure no one notices it but me.

so how big is your new port?

I guess it's about 1" diameter? It seems thinner too. My first port was really uncomfortable, especially during "intimate" times (sex). I am so glad I had it replaced before I got preggers because I think it would have been really painful. As a self pay patient, I was really reluctant to have a second surgery just for "comfort" but then my band stopped holding its fill so I had to. He also moved it to a more comfy spot. I almost never feel it now unless I'm looking.

-Cordelia, banded 1/08

i forgot to ask, where is the old/ new location of your port?

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It's been a few years but I thin my old port was closer to my lower rib on the right. Now it's a bit lower. Does that make sense?

-Cordelia, banded 1/08