hi all,

ok, had my 1st fill today and i'm a bit confused. i laid down and he numbed the tummy area and kinda started pushing around until he felt my port...basically was kneading and poking the needle around in the same 4 inch area for about 7 minutes. my entire tummy still is a little tender, so it was hard for me to know exactly where he was....

anyway, i have the average 4 small incisions and 1 decent sized one in the middle where i assumed they installed the port during surgery, especially because i can feel a hard, defined lump under the scar, must be a port, right? so all goes well, he puts a bandaid on, and i leave. getting home, i look in the mirror, and where he did the fill is about 3-4 inches lower than where i thought the port was! i CAN feel a lumpy spot where he put the needle..so now i'm confused.

Question: Where the heck is the port if not under the big, main scar?

Q2: If the lumpy thing 3 inches lower than my big scar is the port, what is the hard lump right under the scar?!?

PS-Doc is out of town starting today thru next week, so i'd appreciate your advice while i wait a week to call him.

Your port is actually under that scar. When you are lying down, it moves below the scar. My doctor has done all of my fills under fleuro in the endocopy dept of the main hospital. He can see exactly were the port is and were to put the needle. So he don't have to poke around and guess where anything is. I like that about him too.

Hugs,

Tammy P

That is how my doctor does the fill.

Could the hard area under the scar be scar tissue? I have had 3 c-sections and along the scar line, it's hard all the way across.

My port is just under and a little to the side of the main scar when I lie down. It took a while for them to find it the first time, it gets easier.

hard lump under the scar is scar tissue. The port is put through that big incision but sometimes placed/stitched to the muscle a few inches below that scar.

As you lose weight it also might appear that your port is moving...although it's just your skin now.

My fill poke used to be 2 inches below my scar. Now since i have lost weight and my skin has moved, the fill poke is almost on top of my scar.

hi all,

ok, had my 1st fill today and i'm a bit confused. i laid down and he numbed the tummy area and kinda started pushing around until he felt my port...basically was kneading and poking the needle around in the same 4 inch area for about 7 minutes. my entire tummy still is a little tender, so it was hard for me to know exactly where he was....

anyway, i have the average 4 small incisions and 1 decent sized one in the middle where i assumed they installed the port during surgery, especially because i can feel a hard, defined lump under the scar, must be a port, right? so all goes well, he puts a bandaid on, and i leave. getting home, i look in the mirror, and where he did the fill is about 3-4 inches lower than where i thought the port was! i CAN feel a lumpy spot where he put the needle..so now i'm confused.

Question: Where the heck is the port if not under the big, main scar?

Q2: If the lumpy thing 3 inches lower than my big scar is the port, what is the hard lump right under the scar?!?

PS-Doc is out of town starting today thru next week, so i'd appreciate your advice while i wait a week to call him.

got my first fill 3-28-08 dr didnt numb me, lay on the table and put a pillow under my back and feel around a polk the needle in and that was it

yah as you lay down your skin moves so when you stand up the skin is in a different place. did anyone look at their fill area close? I have the poke where she numbed the area and then I have four needle holes in a perfect square. It is as if the injection needle has four needles to pierce the port with even pressure. Anyone know what I am talking about? g2s

hi all,

Question: Where the heck is the port if not under the big, main scar?

Q2: If the lumpy thing 3 inches lower than my big scar is the port, what is the hard lump right under the scar?!?

PS-Doc is out of town starting today thru next week, so i'd appreciate your advice while i wait a week to call him.

My fills are done about 1.5 inches below my port scar. Maybe your port is really tilted so he had to inject on a sharp angle?

With all those exta pokes arnt you afraid they might puncture the tubing?