Port Flip-flopping Over

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rdrake0
rdrake0 Member Posts: 180
edited June 2014 in Chemotherapy - Before, During, and After

I had my port put in last August for chemo.  It is on my right side.  The surgeon said he tied it down with a stitch to keep it from rolling over.  But that stitch must be long gone because if I sleep on my right side, many times I wake up with the bottom of the port facing my skin!  I know because the correct side has three very pronounced bumps and the other side is smooth and feels a lot larger.  It isn't hard to manipulate it back to the correct side.  I'm just worried it will get twisted so many times that that tube might come out.  What a mess that would be!!!

Anybody else ever have this problem?

Ruth

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  • REKoz
    REKoz Member Posts: 590
    edited November 2009

    Hi Ruth

    I can't say I have the exact same issue but my port (in since last Nov.) has turned on it's side during expansion. I still go for Herceptin and though the nurses don't love it, it works perfectly. I'm having it taken out at exchange next month...WHOO HOO!  Have your chemo nurses seen it?

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  • rdrake0
    rdrake0 Member Posts: 180
    edited November 2009

    No, I always turn it right side up before they see it.  I think it would freak them out!

    Ruth

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  • Annette_U
    Annette_U Member Posts: 111
    edited August 2013

    My port flipped and no chemo today. Tomorrow I will see the surgeon to have it manipulated back or possibly more surgery to re-position. I am so stressed about this!

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  • cc90118
    cc90118 Member Posts: 12
    edited September 2013

    My goodness i am so sorry you ladies have to deal with that. When I saw the thread title i thought that can't possibly mean what I think it does. And darn if it didn't. It gives me the heebies and I won't be able to turn over for week in bed.

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