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Best way to correct a flipped port?
Hi all. Has anyone who has had a port ever had it flip over? We couldn't access my port this week. Xray confirmed it has rolled over. I was told there are two ways to fix this: surgery or external ma...
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Hi Nadine the tip of mine flipped into another spot so they could never draw from it. I had an X-ray prior to the next 10 chemos to ensure it was safe to use it was it just was in a different spot that had less blood flow - did they x Ray? When it was taken out the team found it bizarre how it had moved. I hope they can do something similar for you I told then no way were they replacing it - we did lots of arm excercises etc to move it - never worked we just worked with x Rays