Dumb Question About Port

[picklehead 0]

So I got banded a week ago and have my first post-surgery appointment with my doctor tomorrow. I have 5 incisions (4 small and 1 larger one) and for the life of me I cannot figure out where the port is. Can someone tell me where it most likely is? I don't think it is the bigger one because that one is in the very center of my chest....

Thanks!

[amberd910 0]

It's probably either in 2 places that I know of. Above your belly button about 2-3 inches to the side of it (but you'd KNOW if it were there). Or I have heard around your rib cage, around where the bra line area is. Mine is near my belly button and I am almost 4 weeks postop and just starting to have the muscle pain go away (since they sew it into your muscle). HTH

[TQUAD64 9]

It is the bigger one on me, which is to the far left of my belly, but about three inches above my belly button.

[Donnainva 0]

Also the largest of the incisions for me. Mine's about 3" or so under my bra line on the left, the only one thats painful/most tender

[momcof3 1]

The largest incision is the port incision - that doesn't mean the port is exactly under that incision though - it could be slightly lower or to the left or right. They wouldn't want to do a fill straight into the scar.

[MissBS 3]

I thought mine was under or near my biggest incision.... but it's not. When I went to get my first fill, they put the needle in about 1 inch down and 1 inch to the left of that incision. I was surprised. Obviously I can't feel my port. Becky

[klutzyazhel 0]

The best way to find/feel it is when your are walking..Mine kinda bulges ot when I'm walking..Mine is close to my waist..

[susan1961 0]

I can feel mine very easily. It is under the largest incision, tucked just under my rib cage, on the left, about 4 inches left of midline.

[Thegirlnextdoor 0]

So I got banded a week ago and have my first post-surgery appointment with my doctor tomorrow. I have 5 incisions (4 small and 1 larger one) and for the life of me I cannot figure out where the port is. Can someone tell me where it most likely is? I don't think it is the bigger one because that one is in the very center of my chest....

Thanks!

I think it varies for everyone. Mine is a few inches below my right breast.I can actually feel it.

[klutzyazhel 0]

TO Thegirlnextdoor, on the right side?? Most go on the left side, as the stomach is on more the left side...Was there a reason? I have heard if people have other issues. Sorry, I'm nosy!

[pwoods5015 0]

Mine is to the left of the bellybutton and up a bit - the only site that is still tender to the touch - and the one high up in the middle is the liver retraction point (which was casually mentioned at my post-op visit the other day)

[BgB9 9]

Mine is about a half inch below the center of the larger incision.