My port is on the right and it was hard to begin with and just kept getting larger (like the size of a small fist). I went back to the surgeon and he aspirated it. He said I was the first one of his patients to have a seroma at the port site. Fortunately it wasn't infected but he gave me antibiotics as a precaution. The rest of the incisions are healing fine.

it scared me to feel this grapefruit size lump around the port area. I called the doc and he calmed me right down. Said it was saroma and to get a heating pad on it as often as possible and massage it. Took me 60 days about for it to go away but it did;) So warm baths and heating pad!!! It feels good and works fine

I've seen it a lot. As long as it's not infected it'll go away.

Dr. C

Cincinnati, Ohio

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My port is on the right and it was hard to begin with and just kept getting larger (like the size of a small fist). I went back to the surgeon and he aspirated it. He said I was the first one of his patients to have a seroma at the port site. Fortunately it wasn't infected but he gave me antibiotics as a precaution. The rest of the incisions are healing fine.

Whew! for a minute there I thought it was just me! My doctor has drained it twice already and it is on it's way back again. It gives me some relief for a couple of days but then it comes back. I just hate to walk around with what looks like a small fist sticking out of my stomach.:faint:

Do the heating pad every evening,and in the morning if you are having coffee and reading paper. I would have on low with a pillow behind it against me when i went to sleep. I also got those instint hot pads that attach to your skin and wore those all day. WORKS!:clap2:

has anyone had clear brown drainage come out of the incision port?

has anyone had clear brown drainage come out of the incision port?

yes, dooneyjc, i did i struggled with a constant draining port incesion for 7 months until i finnally had the port repostioned, took it out of oringinal site and put alittle to the right,

btw this is the first time i have ever posted, i have been here reading and learning since i was banded in june 06, you all are great, i have learned so much and when i am concerned about something i most always can find the answers here, take care

yes, dooneyjc, i did i struggled with a constant draining port incesion for 7 months until i finnally had the port repostioned, took it out of oringinal site and put alittle to the right,

btw this is the first time i have ever posted, i have been here reading and learning since i was banded in june 06, you all are great, i have learned so much and when i am concerned about something i most always can find the answers here, take care

Thanks for the reply! I went to see my Dr today and he took the steristrips off then applied lots of pressure, ouch! He said it didnt look infected but it was irritated from the steristrips and attatched to my skin, he did start me on keflex just in case!

I just love this website also, its provided me with lots of info!!:clap2:

knarba: don't know if this will make it to you...not sure what i am doing. i saw that you had your port repositioned. on my latest visit to the doctor, the fill wasn't working. he said he thought there may be a leak. an x-ray indicated that the tube and port connection have probably detached. he would have to do a contrast to know for sure. if this is the case, he said i would just need a new port (i quess just under the skin). the whole laproscopy would not be needed. was this considerably less costly than the whole procedure or still lots of cash? i am out of pocket by now. thanks for your information.

If it truly just came disconnected, you don't even have to replace the port just reconnect the two. That would be cheaper as the port itself costs 5 or 6 hundred bucks.

Dr. C

Cincinnati, Ohio

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knarba: don't know if this will make it to you...not sure what i am doing. i saw that you had your port repositioned. on my latest visit to the doctor, the fill wasn't working. he said he thought there may be a leak. an x-ray indicated that the tube and port connection have probably detached. he would have to do a contrast to know for sure. if this is the case, he said i would just need a new port (i quess just under the skin). the whole laproscopy would not be needed. was this considerably less costly than the whole procedure or still lots of cash? i am out of pocket by now. thanks for your information.

knarba: don't know if this will make it to you...not sure what i am doing. i saw that you had your port repositioned. on my latest visit to the doctor, the fill wasn't working. he said he thought there may be a leak. an x-ray indicated that the tube and port connection have probably detached. he would have to do a contrast to know for sure. if this is the case, he said i would just need a new port (i quess just under the skin). the whole laproscopy would not be needed. was this considerably less costly than the whole procedure or still lots of cash? i am out of pocket by now. thanks for your information.

hi dipthong, what i had done was a whole new procedure, i had to have my port moved to a different location, what you need done should be alot easier and less costly, i'm assuming you had your surgey here in the states, i had mine in Mexico, so i am not sure about cost, but procedure wise it should not be bad at all, it cost me 1850.00fir my relocation plus the flight , but boy was it worth it to me, i struggled for 7 monthes with a draining, open port incesion that just would not heal, the culture showed no infection, weired,i was behind in getting fills becauce no one here would give me one while i was open, i'm going in the morning for my 3rd, hope that goes ok, only been filled in mx by my surgen, when did you have your surgery? mine was 6/06, only down 50 lbs, got a late start at it. i hope your replacment goes good, it really should be real easy, i had to be put to sleep and the whole thing (hated that). but this time i healed up real quick and thank god i am doing great.

wish i could have helped with the cost factor but i really don't know about how much that runs here, should not be to bad tho. i wish you all the best, take care,

Barb

Just found out today that I have staph infection in my port so they have me on a heavy dose of antibiotics. They are scheduling me to have the port removed, then close me back up and let me heal. He said they could put in a new port at a later time but for now I wont have any restriction. Kind of discouraging and not very pleasent--lots of puss and stuff.+ And I agree that having that lump in your stomach near the port it very annoying and unsightly.

Do heat packs really help? I have a discharge from the surgical incision which oozes light reddish to clear yellow serum-like fluid. I have been back and forth with my surgeon who keeps telling me to come back in a few more weeks, then another few more until now I am 6 months post-surgery and still have leakage. Sometimes it stops and doesn't swell, then a few days later it starts leaking again, then it will stop and sometimes it swells like a giant blister and when it is lanced all kinds of reddish non-infected fluid comes out. I am totally frustrated!!!

Just found out today that I have staph infection in my port so they have me on a heavy dose of antibiotics. They are scheduling me to have the port removed, then close me back up and let me heal. He said they could put in a new port at a later time but for now I wont have any restriction. Kind of discouraging and not very pleasent--lots of puss and stuff.+ And I agree that having that lump in your stomach near the port it very annoying and unsightly.

Chubster,

Sorry to hear about your problems. I too had a staff infection and had to have my port removed 2 weeks after the initial lap band sugery Nov 07 so had not had a fill yet. I still have not had the port replaced as I am losing weight and feeling great. I find I still have some restriction ( I know strange) I have lost 38lbs since the surgery, I know if I had the port and had fills I would more then likely have lost more but am leaving my option open in having another port put in if the weight loss slows or stops.

Good luck I hope the infection heals up and all goes well.

L.

Do heat packs really help? I have a discharge from the surgical incision which oozes light reddish to clear yellow serum-like fluid. I have been back and forth with my surgeon who keeps telling me to come back in a few more weeks, then another few more until now I am 6 months post-surgery and still have leakage. Sometimes it stops and doesn't swell, then a few days later it starts leaking again, then it will stop and sometimes it swells like a giant blister and when it is lanced all kinds of reddish non-infected fluid comes out. I am totally frustrated!!!

newlady, that sound sooo much like what happened to me, i was banded in MX , so i had to go back and the DR. moved my port to my right and down a little, healed up great with the reposition, never really found out what was the cause tho, that was in Jan of '07, not a single problem since. but i had my whole port incesion open up on me and draind 24/7 the same as you describe, but i had a hole in my belly for 7 monthes. thought i would go crazy, finally I told the Dr. IWANT MY PORT MOVED and he did and all has been great since, i was months behind on fills by then, and the weight lose islow but i am happy i'm down 105, been stalled for months, anyway i hope this may help alittle, and no the heat packs did not help me. take care, Barb

My port is on the right and it was hard to begin with and just kept getting larger (like the size of a small fist). I went back to the surgeon and he aspirated it. He said I was the first one of his patients to have a seroma at the port site. Fortunately it wasn't infected but he gave me antibiotics as a precaution. The rest of the incisions are healing fine.

How long does it take before you know if the seroma is going to come back?