I have a friend who is nine months pregnant and she tapes her bellybutton down because she hates how it pokes out under her shirt. Is it possible to tape your port site down if it starts poking through your shirt? I hear that when you lose ALOT, it start to protrude....just a crazy thought!

I can't understand why they don't offer the "thinner" version during the initial banding surgery. Would same money, don't you think?

I have 80+ lbs to lose and hope I don't have a protruding port!!

I asked my doctor that question. She said when you have all the weight a thin port would be too hard to find under the fat. Hence they give you the normal one and once you have lost the weight you can switch to a thin one.