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ONLY ME! i flipped!

So I went to my doctor an hour and a half away from home for my second fill...well so I thought....I laid down and no go could not enter the port with the needle ... after TWELVE attempts by three different staff members(and lots of brusinf swelling and pain now) I was sent down to radiology(my doc is in the same building as hospital) and I had about 6 different xrays done to be told my port had flipped.....eeeeeeeerrrrrrr!!!! gotta go back and have my port area opened flip the port and close me up again....6 more weeks of no lifting....good news in 10 weeks I've lost 38lbs but oh how I don't want to go in again and start with post op restrictions again ......HELP!!!!!!!

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    Hi, This also happened to me on my second filled. I had to have surgery to get it reflipped. I was in surgery less than an hour and home the next day . This is not the ideal situation but rest assu

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I just had my first fill today and she told me the port flipped as well but that she was able to turn it back. Hope it goes well.

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Just got out of the recovery room, hade local anesthia and sedation I feel gross all burp and in pain hope this nightmare ends soon

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feel better soon focused!!! hope this will be the answer for you and you can get back on track!!! God bless!!!

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