Has anyone experienced this?

[jazie 0]

I went for my third fill yesterday and my Dr. could not do it. He said my port had flipped and the back of it was facing front. Now I have to go back to the hospital and have it repositioned. I have no idea what caused the port to do this. He asked if I had lifted anything heavy, but I can't remember doing anything like that.

I do remember when I first started riding my stationary bike, I could feel the port but it never hurt or felt like it was tearing. I waited until he said I could do it to start riding. Maybe, it just was not supposed to be there.

My first two fills were very easy and no problem.

I was just wondering if anyone had this problem and did you ever find out the reason for it.

I am scheduled for the surgery on Thursday so I will let you know how it turns out.

jazie

[TulipStar 2]

Hi Jazie,

I had this same problem, except they found it when I went in for my 2nd fill. They never did find out exactly "why" and Dr's won't admit it was their wrong doing, however my Dr. kind of did.

He said "I probably shouldn't tell you this, so don't try to sue me or anything, but ever since I started using dissolvable stitches, you are the 3rd person who has flipped a port. I am going back to using regular stitches."

I was excerising very regularly and intensely but I wasn't doing any ab work at all.

Recovery for this surgery was much easier than the first. Good luck!!

You can send me a PM if you want to ask more questions.