My mother was banded last July...she lost about 60lbs and her port is right under skin like you can feel it and see it. Well today the port broke out o her tummy...she has little tube of the band sticking out of her.....the doctor said its normal for people who lost too much weight..so now they have to do in and put the port in deeper in her tummy...anyone else have heard of this happening?? cuz i've lost weight and i can already feel mine :sneaky:

port breaking through the skin. wow. that sounds very bizarre. i would not think that that is normal......... i would be freaking..... careful about infection.

doesnt sound good,. =(

hello, how is your mom? i feel like my port is trying to come out!! i have severe pain and reddness at my port site. i can barely stand the pressure of my clothes against it. let alone my own hand! it is just under my skin and when i lay down it sticks way up. did your mom go through this? my next fill and check-up is april 16th. my doc is gone the whole month of april.

Do you mind sharing who your Dr. is? Sounds really scary!:thumbup:

hello, how is your mom? i feel like my port is trying to come out!! i have severe pain and reddness at my port site. i can barely stand the pressure of my clothes against it. let alone my own hand! it is just under my skin and when i lay down it sticks way up. did your mom go through this? my next fill and check-up is april 16th. my doc is gone the whole month of april.

pain and redness? these are signs of infection that my doctor would want to see in his office POST HASTE!!!!!

U NEED TO CALL UR DOC IMMEDIATELY!!!!!

dr. dennis lewis in riverton wyoming. i'm going to call on monday, i was supposed to see him on the 7th. his nurse called to cancel because he will be out of town for a month!! my port is right under my skin! i don't think it is infected. i did a lot of lifting on friday so that might have something to do with it. i'm 4 months post op. the pain is not getting better.

this shouldn't be happening at all...regardless of your weight loss...you need to get to your doctors and if he is not reacting get another doctor. I am a nurse and I'm telling you this is a big problem

sharon

I would definitely look at getting a different doctor if her doctor thinks this is normal. If he is also the one who did the original surgery, I would try to seek a different surgeon to replace the port as well.

calling my doc on monday. my check-up is on the 16th. i'm thinking it is cause of the lifting i did. we got our shippment of lawn and garden in, so i did a lot of lifting. then we had to put them together, so i did a lot of bending twisting and pulling.

NO...your far enough out from the surgery the lifting shouldn't have had a thing to do with it. Your looking to justify what sounds like a lousy physician.

sharon

found out my port slipped. had the corrective surgery yesturday and they raised it a little higher, so hope no more problems!! but is was infected.. think that is what caused the slippage. they are doing a culture on some tisue samples. started my third round of anibotics yesturday also. i'm thinking i've had the infection for a long time maybe even his the original surgery.