I have two incisions, one for the band on the left and one for the port on the right, directly under my rib cage. I took for granted that this was the "norm" until I changed doctors and learned that the new doc only makes one incision and places the port on the left side much closer to the band itself.

It seems that the latter is much better because there is a lot less tubing between the band and the port, which may explain why I barely have any restriction with 10ccs in a 14cc band, because the band has to be filled in addition to the band.

This all made me wonder; Where's your port located and how many incisions did you have (not counting the tiny ones)?

I had one main incision, on the right about halfway down my ribcage, and 4 tiny incisions.

My port is on my right side, just below my ribcage. Although my port has flipped, so we'll see where it ends up after I have the surgery to correct it!

How do you know when your port flips?

How do you know when your port flips?

I found out when I went in for my first fill, under flouro, and he couldn't get the needle in the port. He finally had me lay on my side, and when you saw the side view of the port you could see that it had flipped completely over and was facing the wrong way. So I couldn't get the fill done and now I'm waiting for them to schedule the surgery to correct it. Fun times!:biggrin:

My port is on the right side and the incision is approx 1 3/4 and I have another on the left side that is about 1 1/8. A total of 5 but the other 3 are so small!!! The bigger ones are just off center on either side and the port one is higher, all well above the belly button so some day I could wear a midriff top and no one will be the wiser, lol.

I found out when I went in for my first fill, under flouro, and he couldn't get the needle in the port. He finally had me lay on my side, and when you saw the side view of the port you could see that it had flipped completely over and was facing the wrong way. So I couldn't get the fill done and now I'm waiting for them to schedule the surgery to correct it. Fun times!:tongue:

Oh wow...how common is this, and what can you do to prevent it?

Mine is RIGHT beside my belly button, just like Jpet descibed.