MY port is an outtie

[sharon 0]

I didnt thik that the port would be so prominent- I can defintiely fieel it under my skin. Is this standard?

[nightingale2u 42]

Yep Sharon... and you want to be able to feel it... more importantly you want your surgeon to be able to feel it so they can access it for fills. It used to give me the willies in the beginning but now it feels like it's always been there.

[Iluvharleys 15]

Right after surgery I could feel mine all the time, now I can only feel it if I am laying down.

[sharon 0]

OK, right now I'm going through the "itchies" with the stitches and it just feels weird to feel the port so easily. Thanks!

[Vera 7]

Try not to itch, Sharon

Mine is also an outtie, My SO is in love with it??? Don't know why but he's allway asking to feel it.. It's a good thing

[Emmy27 1]

Something about "knowing" it is there and "feeling" it makes me feel more secure... sometimes I just check to be sure, lol.

[HarleyNana 10]

I actually like pressing mine to be sure it's still there, but my DH would freak if he touched it and I told him what it was....men!

[Vera 7]

Now That I think about it, If I'm compelled to tell others about my Lapband and he's around, he'll say "check out her port"

[Alexandra 55]

Mine doesn't bother me at all, and like Darcy says it feels like it's always been there. Today I had a physical and my PCP was very interested in it. She also remarked on how hard my scars were to see! Cool.

[lapbander081004 7]

Sharon, you have to remember that the port is attached to the top of a muscle just under the skin so you shold be able to feel it. Some can feel it with no problem others have to press. But like Darcy says the Dr needs to feel it to fill or unfill it.

I had a fall shortly after my surgery where my protruding belly scraped down the side of a shopping cart and now my port is tipped. They think I maky have pulled the bottom two stiches off. But its not any problem at this time so they are going to leave it alone. It actually sticks out a tiny bit when I'm standing but then I wasn't planning on showing off any mens fashions in the near future lol.

[New Hope 37]

I absentmindedly rub mine sometime...it's my security button. I guess I'm expecting to get 3 wishes. LOL

[lapbander081004 7]

What you wish for Marie