I was wondering if anyone out there has had a flipped port? I have felt "pulling" sensation with some tenderness at my port recently. I contacted the nurse at my SWL center and she suggests I make an appt to see the surgeon because that my port may be flipped. Has this been your experience if you have had one? How is it repaired? Does it require another surgery? (yikes!) thank you everyone!

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Dr. Wheeler

Kentucky

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I had surgery 4/10 and my port flipped. It hurt for weeks after surgery - I don't mean sore, but actually hurt - muscle ripping. I found out on 5/22 (1st fill scheduled) that it flipped. It was corrected this past Friday with outpatient surgery. I was under general anesthesia. It is so much better now - much better than the first time around. I just left my follow-up appointment with my doctor. All is looking well now. You can PM me if you have any questions.

Make sure they check you under fluoro before any operations happen. There were 2 nights after laying on my port side (I was 6 months out) that I felt a sharp "pulling" kind of pain. The Dr. initially thought I had a flipped port after one unsuccessful fill attempt under fluoro--but as it turned out the port had just tilted down to a funny angle. He can still access me quite easily (no digging around or multiple pricks) because he knows how to approach the port.

Try not to obsess/leap to conclusions and just take it step by step. Ask your Dr. to check it out.

My port flipped 4 months after I had my band placed. I had no knowledge it had flipped at all, no discomfort, no pulling, nothing. It was discovered when I went to get a fill and my doctor was unable to access my port. He did a flouro, and sure enough, it had flipped. The surgery was a very simple procedure and I was back to work the next day.

Please don't think i'm dumb, but why or how does it flip? :confused2:

Please don't think i'm dumb, but why or how does it flip? :confused2:

You're not dumb...I asked myself and my surgeon that after mine flipped. When he got in there to correct it he said one of the stitches had come undone, the other was still attached (he puts two stitches in?!)...anyway, he told me he put 4-5 in on my revision. I don't know if he just didn't stitch it right or what went wrong - he couldn't tell me. I'm just glad it is fixed!

can you tell me what kind of feeling it was when the port flipped..im feeling a moving aroung of something by my port..feels like a water balloon when i get up and down..or move a certain way a bubbly pully feeling..im scared i have an appt tomm