Has anyone else had this happen? I am so crabby, I went for my first fill today - two and half hours drive away, and he was unable to fill me because my port site has flipped sideways. I have to go in for day surgery to suture it back in place and can't get in until the 15th of January - bandster hell for even longer and over the holidays. He says this usually only happens after a few years but because I had my surgery only a few months after my second son was born that the abdominal walls may have been thin and this has caused it. I am actually a bit pissed off because he never mentioned that anything like this could happen and actually wanted to do the surgery only 6 weeks after my son was born - I was the one who wanted to wait for 12 weeks. By all accounts he is the best surgeon available in my state but I am wondering how much this little procedure will set me back financially. It is also painful because my husband works away at sea and will be away when I have to have this done and with two little boys to look after, this is no mean feat, especially when I have to drag them 2 1/2 hours away from home. Sorry just having a big whinge - in the scheme of life it is such a little thing but I was looking forward to having some more restriction to help keep me under control and lose more weight before we head on holidays in February. Anyone else had this - how did you go? :faint:

My fill doctor said that a lot of surgeons only tack the port in one spot which makes it flip easily. he says he tacks it down on both sides so it can't flip. Don't know if this is true or not, but do you know how the port was stitched in originally?

I didn`t know where my port was until I went for my 1st fill. It should have been situated immediately in the centre under my breast but the dr couldn`t manipulate it back in place. Now I am waiting to have a fill by a Xray. Luckily I am under NHS and it won`t be costing me anything.

They found out mine was flipped 6 months post-op, but from the history of fills, it was flipped since the first month. I personally never felt anything sitting around.. however, when I did fills, he always pushed down on the port, and this was miserable. That hurt a LOT, and I thought it was normal. But now that my port is fixed, it does NOT hurt to push on it, so I assume it had to do with being flipped.

I just posted under complications that my port flipped. Tomorrow I am going to have it repositioned but its going to be done under local. Anyone have experience with having it done under a local?

Dr also said she could fill me then...which I am SO ready for (1st fill)