Port replacement

3grlsmom
on 11/10/13 3:47 am

Hi everyone! I have not been here in YEARS! All is great with my 5 year old LAPBAND. (10cc band with 5.2 is my sweet spot). Never a problem.....rarely a "stuck". Lost 75 lbs. in a year and a half ! and never lost the last 20 lbs. but WHO CARES?? Not me....life is GREAT.

My port sticks out too far and bothers me so I am going to get a "low-profile" port next week. Have any of US done this? What are your words of wisdom?

Karen in NJ

pineview01
on 11/10/13 6:53 am - Davison, MI

Lap Band on 02/25/09

I had the low-profile port from the get go. I carried all my weight in the butt thighs so they could always us it.

BAND REMOVED 9-4-12-fought insurance to get sleeve and won! Sleeved 1/22/13! Five years out and trying to get that last 15 pounds back off.

Lisaizme
on 11/11/13 5:40 am - TX

I've talked to my plastic surgeon about changing to a lower profile during my tummy tuck. He says he can do it, but that the one time he did change it out for someone, it only made about a 1cm difference. If I still want it done, it will cost an extra 500.00. I'm still thinking about it.

Lisa
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." Reinhold Niebuhr